Aunt Rachel's Crumb Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 cup margarine or 1 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
• 2 1/4 cups unbleached flour
• 1/4 cup unbleached flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar (plus 1/4 of dough)
• 1/2-3/4 cup strawberry jam

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 cream softened margarine/butter with sugar until light and fluffy.
• 3 mix in egg yolks one at a time and then the peel and vanilla.
• 4 add flour and mix until blended and you are able to make a ball with the dough.
• 5 take 1/4 of the dough and place it in a separate bowl.
• 6 take the remaining dough and flatten it evenly in an 8 x 8 square pan.
• 7 spread jam evenly over flattened dough.
• 8 add the flour and sugar to the 1/4 dough and mix, then crumble it.
• 9 spread the crumbs evenly on top of jam.
• 10 bake for 50 minutes or until crumbs are lightly browned.