Fresh apples make this coffee cake moist and tender. Serve warm or cooled with a dusting of powdered sugar. Use golden or red delicious apples.

1 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
2 c. cored, peeled, and diced sweet apple
1 egg
1/4 c. salad oil
1 c. sugar
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 c. chopped nuts

Sift flour, salt and soda together; set aside. Place apple in a medium-size bowl. Break egg over apples. Add oil, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and nuts; blend thoroughly. Stir dry mixture into apple mixture just until flour is moist. (The mixture will seem dry.)

Spread in a greased 8-inch-square baking pan. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 40 to 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Let stand in pan for 10 minutes before turning out on a wire rack. Makes 9 servings.