2 2/3 c Flour
1 1/2 ts Baking soda
1 ts Salt
2 ts Cinnamon
1 ts Ground cloves
2 c Sugar
1 c Oil
4 Eggs; beaten
2 ts Vanilla
4 c Coarsely chopped apples (1
-cup chopped apricots may be
-substituted for 1 cup
-apples)
1 c Raisins
1 c Chopped pecans
1 ts Sugar
Pecan halves
Preheat oven to 325?. Mix first 5 ingredients together. Mix sugar and oil
in a large bowl. Add eggs and vanilla, then stir in apples, raisins and
pecans. Add flour mixture and mix well. Grease pans and line bottom with
waxed paper. Pour batter into pan and smooth top. Bake for 50 to 60
minutes. After 20 minutes, pull out rack and sprinkle tops with 1 teaspoon
sugar and press in nut halves. Return and finish baking. Cool 10 minutes
before turning out on rack. Freezes well. Yield: 2 (5 cup) pans or 3 small
pans.
JUDY BURROW (MRS. LARRY)
From Traditions: A Taste of the Good Life, by the Little Rock (AR) Junior
League. Downloaded from Glen’s MM Recipe Archive,
Yields
16 Servings