Dough: 2 1/2 cups flour 1/2 cup sugar 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. vanilla 1 egg 1 cup butter or margarine, cold Sift flour and baking powder on a board or table. Make a hole in the middle, put sugar, vanilla and egg in the hole and mix to a smooth consistency. Add the cold butter in small pieces and work quickly until the dough forms a ball. Use 3/4 of the dough for the bottom and sides of the cake. (Use a 9-inch spring form pan.) Fill with precooked apples. Put the remaining dough on top of filling. Bake at 350 to 375 for 30 minutes. Apple filling: 3 lbs. apples, peeled and cored 1/3 cup sugar 1/2 c. water 2 slices lemon Cook apples with the sugar, water and lemon slices until tender but not mushy. Drain and cool. Remove lemon slices. Glaze: 1 cup confectioners sugar 1 T. hot water Mix together and spread on "almost cooled" cake
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