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Apple Coffee Cake

Source: A Healthier You: Based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Published by the USDA MyPlate Kitchen library. Read from an archived copy of the source page captured 2025-12-31.

This coffee cake provides a nice mix of apples, raisins, and pecans.

Makes
20 servings

Ingredients

  • 5 cups tart apples, cored, peeled, and chopped
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 1/2 cup pecans, chopped
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil (or cooking oil of choice)
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Directions

  1. Wash hands with soap and water.
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  3. Lightly oil a 13x9x2 inch pan.
  4. In a large mixing bowl, combine apples with sugar, raisins, and pecans; mix well. Let stand 30 minutes.
  5. Stir in oil, vanilla, and egg. Sift together flour, baking soda, and cinnamon; stir into apple mixture about 1/3 at a time, just enough to moisten dry ingredients.
  6. Turn batter into pan. Bake 35-40 minutes. Cool cake slightly before serving.

Notes

Learn more about: Apples

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