Jody Schultz’s Pecan-Topped Apple Bake

Ingredients

• 4 large cooking apples (about 6 cups), peeled and sliced
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 cup flour
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon, divided
• 3 tablespoons water
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar

Steps

1. Mound the peeled, sliced apples in a 9-inch pie plate.
2. Beat the butter and brown sugar together until pale and fluffy. Stir in the flour, 1 teaspoon of the cinnamon and the water until smooth and thick. Stir in the pecans.
3. Sprinkle the granulated sugar and the remaining teaspoon of cinnamon over the apples.
4. Spoon the pecan topping over the apples in dollops.
5. Bake in a preheated 375-degree oven 45 to 50 minutes on the lowest oven rack.

Notes

From a newspaper recipe clipping sent in by Jody Schultz of Quincy.

No title shows above the ingredients (the clipping is trimmed right at the ingredient list), so the name here is ours.

Photo: stock photo found online.

Rosie Lee’s original recipe card

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