Apple Walnut Coffee Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup chopped dried apple
• 3 tablespoons pure apple juice
• 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup rolled oats
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon apple pie spice
• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 1/3 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons melted butter
• 1 1/2 tablespoons pure apple juice

Recipe

• 1 soak apple pieces in pure apple juice for one hour.
• 2 in large mixing bowl add first six ingredients and mix at low/med speed in mixer.
• 3 add next three ingredients and mix well.
• 4 add nuts and mix well, add apple pieces (no juice should be drained) and mix until apple pieces are even distributed.
• 5 pour into 8x8 cake pan that has been sprayed with cooking spray.
• 6 bake in 350 degree oven for 20 to 25 minutes.
• 7 until middle of cake is firm to touch.
• 8 after taking cake from oven and while still hot pour glaze of sugar, melted butter and apple juice that has been well blended over the cake.
• 9 i used a fork to poke holes evenly over the top of the cake.
• 10 set cake on rack to cool.