Apple Platz Recipes

APPLE PLATZ

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.

APPLE PLATZ

Steps:

• Grease a 9-inch square cake pan and set aside. FOR THE DOUGH: In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. With a pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in butter until mixture is crumbly. In a separate bowl, beat egg; drizzle over dry ingredients and toss together with a fork to make coarse crumbs. Scoop out 1 cup and reserve. Sprinkle milk over remaining crumbs; stir together to make a soft dough. Use a little more milk if necessary to achieve this consistency. Spread into prepared pan. FILLING: Combine apples, lemon peel and juice in a large bowl. Add sugar, flour and salt and toss together. In a separate bowl, beat eggs and mix in butter. Stir into apple mixture. Pour over platz base in pan. Sprinkle reserved crumbs over fruit filling. Bake at 350 F. for 50 to 60 minutes or until the platz has risen evenly, the crumbs have take on a golden tinge and a skewer inserted in the filling in the centre of the pan comes out clean. Let cool in the pan; best served within a day or two.

EASY PLATZ (COFFEE CAKE)

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.