Apple and Walnut Sheet Cake with Caramel Sauce |
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Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 12 |
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My grandmother was a reporter in New York before she got married and moved to Montana to start a new life on a ranch, writes Joyce Litz of Albuquerque, New Mexico. At the time she didn't know how to cook, and learning wasn't easy the place didn't even have running water. Still, she appreciated good food, so she persevered and became a great cook. Later my grandmother taught me ranch-style cooking, a lot of which involved getting simple but flavorful, hearty meals ready in a hurry. Boost the payoff with a scoop of ice cream. Ingredients:
2 cups sugar |
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature |
2 large eggs |
2 teaspoons vanilla extract |
2 cups all purpose flour |
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon |
1 teaspoon baking soda |
1 teaspoon baking powder |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
2 pounds golden delicious apples, peeled, cored, coarsely grated |
1 cup walnuts, toasted, chopped |
purchased caramel sauce, heated |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour 13x9x2-inch metal baking pan. Using electric mixer, beat sugar, butter, eggs, and vanilla extract in large bowl until smooth. Add flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt and beat just until blended. Stir in apples, then walnuts. Transfer batter to prepared pan.
2. Bake cake until top browns and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Cool in pan.
3. Cut cake into squares and serve with warm caramel sauce.
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