Caroline's Apple Kuchen

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 5 golden delicious apples, pared and cored
• 2 tablespoons melted butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar, packed to sprinkle on top

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar and add eggs.
• 2 beat until light and fluffy.
• 3 add vanilla.
• 4 stir in flour and salt to make a smooth dough.
• 5 spread into a buttered 13-by-9-inch pan.
• 6 halve the apples.
• 7 make cuts in the apples 1/4-inch apart but not all the way through, so the halves still hold together.
• 8 press the halves flat side down, making an attractive arrangement on the top of the batter.
• 9 brush apples with melted butter.
• 10 sprinkle with the brown sugar.
• 11 bake at 425 degrees f for 30 minute until cake is golden and apples are cooked through.