Mother’s Old Fashioned Coffee Cake

From the Creve Coeur American Legion Cookbook.

• 2 cups light brown sugar (packed)
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine (softened)
• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup nuts (chopped)
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Combine sugar, butter, flour and nuts.  Set aside one cup for topping.  Add the beaten egg, milk, baking soda, cinnamon and vanilla.  Mix ingredients and place batter in a buttered 9 X 13 pan.  Sprinkle with the reserved topping.  Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 30 minutes.

~ Dorothy Johnson ~