Kim is off to her first ever wholesale craft show, so I'm pinch hitting on Recipe Sunday. This is one from our third cook book, which will be available this fall. I have had a draft copy of it by my chair for the couple of months. I make changes and run a new copy which replaces the old. It's getting really close to being ready to go to the printer, which is a good thing because I'm tired of looking at it every time I sit down in the evening.

I picked this recipe because it was on the page that I was currently editing...good reason, huh?

Apple Pie Cake
by Diane Lapacek

1/4 c butter
3/4 c sugar
1 egg
2 T water
1 tsp vanilla
1 c flour
1 tsp soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp cloves
2 1/2 c chopped apples
1/2 c chopped nuts

Cream together butter and sugar. Beat in egg, water and vanilla. Stir in flour, soda and spices. Add apples and nuts and mix thoroughly. Spread batter in 9 x 9 pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes.

I'm off to plant pumpkins......