Apple-Oatmeal Cake
(low-fat)
Ingredients:

1 Cup Flour
1/3 cup regular oats
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 cup chilled sweet butter, cut into pieces
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/3 cup apple juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg
1-1/2 cups coarsely chopped, peeled apples (about 2 apples)

1.  Preheat oven to 350.

2.  Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup, and level with a knife.  Combine the flour and the next 5 ingredients (flour through cinnamon in a bowl, and cut in the butter with a pastry cutter until it resembles coarse meal.  Reserve 1/2 cup flour mixture for topping; set aside.

3.  Combine the remaining flour mixture, baking powder, and baking soda and add the apple juice, vanilla extract, and egg.  Beat the mixture at medium speed of a mixer until blended and fold in the chopped apple.

4.  Spoon the batter into an 8-inch round cake pan coated with cooking spray, and spinkle the remaining 1/2 cup flour mixture over the batter.  Bake for 30 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center.  Cool the cake on a wire rack.

Yield: 8 servings

Calories 204; fat 6.9g; Protein 3.1g; Carb. 33g; Fiber 1.3g; Chol. 28mg; Iron 1.2mg; Socium 154mg; Calc. 33mg.