APPLE CAKE

1-1/2 cups flour
3 teaspoons Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons shortening
1/2 cup milk
4 or 5 apples
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Sift together flour, baking powder and salt; add shortening
and rub in very lightly; add milk slowly to make soft dough
and mix. Place on floured board and roll out 1/2-inch thick.
Put into shallow greased pan. Wash, pare, core and cut apples
into sections; press them into dough, sprinkle with sugar and
dust with cinnamon. Bake in moderate oven 30 minutes or until
apples are tender and brown. Serve warm with milk or cream.

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