German Apple Cake-tart

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 4 -5 large apples, peeled and sliced
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 1/2 tablespoons flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoons butter, softened

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 cake/crust: mix dry ingredients and cut in butter as for a pie crust (mixture should be "sandy" with small pea-sized lumps of butter).
• 3 add egg and milk and mix well.
• 4 pat into the bottom and halfway up the sides of a 11 1/2 x 7 1/2 baking dish (i use large ceramic quiche pan).
• 5 filling: arrange apple slices in a spiral around pan (i start outside and work in, eventually cutting pieces to fit).
• 6 topping: mix topping ingredients and spread over apples. bake for about 40 minutes or until apples are tender.
• 7 toward the end of the baking time you can also run it under a broiler to nicely brown the edges of the apples for the extra "wow" factor.