Apple Platz Recipes

Steps:

• In bowl combine flour and sugar baking powder.
• Add margarine and butter mix together with hands until you have fine crumbs.
• Set aside 1 1/2 cups of the crumbs.
• In remaining crumb mixture add eggs, milk and vanilla, mix until just moist.
• Pour batter onto a greased 10x15 cookie sheet, top with sliced apples.
• Sprinkle 1 tsp cinnamon and 1 tsp sugar on top of the apples.
• Top with remaining 1 1/2 cups of reserved crumb topping. Pat down slightly.
• Bake at 375°F for 35-40 minutes.
• When making the blueberry, raspberry, blackberry I don't use the 1 tsp sugar or the cinnamon (about 1 cup of each of the berries or more depending on how much fruit you like for topping).
• ** When baking, place a larger cookie sheet underneath.

Steps:

• Cream butter, sugar and vanilla. Add eggs one at a time. Sift dry ingredients and add alternately with sour cream.
• Pour batter into a large greased and floured jellyroll pan (13 x 17 3/4).
• Arrange fruit of your choice on top (you dont have to use blueberries).
• Cover with a generous sprinkling of Streusel.
• Streusel is just stirred together.
• Bake at 350 F for 30-45 minute.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 inch square pan.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in margarine until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Set aside 3/4 cup of crumb mixture, to be used as a topping for the cake. Mix eggs and milk together and then blend into remaining mixture in bowl.
• Spread batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle blackberries evenly over the top. Sprinkle reserved crumb mixture over fruit.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.