Episode 7: "I Had To Learn Or We All Would Have Starved"

Featuring Arline Schmaling and her wild cast of German relatives. 

Apfel Kuchen

Ingredients

• Apples (or other fresh fruit)
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1 stick of butter
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoon vanilla 
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions

• Cream sugar and butter
• Add egg and mix
• Add remaining dry ingredients
• Push the dough flat in a pan
• Peel, core, and slice the apples
• Place them in rows on top of the dough until covered
• Top apples with two tablespoons of butter
• Mix 3/4 cup of sugar and 1 1/2 Tablespoons of flour and cinnamon together. Spread dry topping over apples.
• Cook in a preheated oven 350 degrees for an 30 - 45 minutes.