Pecan Coffee Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. brown sugar
2 c. flour
1/2 c. shortening (butter and Crisco or margarine)
1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
1 egg
1/2 c. chopped pecans

Preparation

Mix sugar, flour and shortening together as you would pie crust.
Take out 1/2 cup mixture; save for topping.
To the remainder, add the buttermilk and teaspoon of soda which has been dissolved in a tablespoon of warm water, vanilla, salt and egg. Beat together.
Turn into buttered pan approximately 9 1/2 inches square.
Sprinkle over top the 1/2 cup of crumbs and 1/2 cup chopped pecans.
Bake at 400\u00b0 for 45 minutes.
Best served slightly warm.
(Serves 12.)