Bread
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 medium apples
Crumb Mixture
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons sugar
2 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons butter, cold
| | Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cream butter and sugar together in large mixing bowl. Dissolve baking soda in lemon juice. Combine baking soda mixture, eggs, and vanilla with butter mixture. Beat mixtures together. Add the flour and salt. Peel, core and slice apples and coarsely chop the apple slices. Gently fold apples into batter. Combine crumbs ingredients, cutting in butter to get a coarse crumb texture. Spoon 1/2 of the batter into greased loaf pan. Sprinkle with 1/2 crumb mixture. Press crumbs gently into surface of batter. Add the other half of the batter and sprinkle with the other half of the crumb mixture. Bake 1 hour 15 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan. Remove bread and cool completely on cooling rack before slicing. Yields: 1 loaf--16 slices
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