Cowboy Coffee Cake

2 ½ cup flour

2 cup brown sugar

½ tsp. salt

2/3 cup shortening

2 tsp. baking powder

½ tsp. ground cinnamon

½ tsp. ground nutmeg

1 cup sour milk or buttermilk*

2eggs, beaten

*To make sour milk, add 1 Tbs of lemons juice or white vinegar to 1 cup of milk and let sit 5 minutes.

 Mix flour, sugar, salt and shortening till crumbly; reserve ½ cups. To the remaining crumbs and the rest of the dry ingredients, then mix well.  Add in the eggs and the milk, mix well.  Pour into 2 greased and floured 8 or 9 in cake plates.  Top with reserved crumbs. Bake 375 30-35 minutes.  You can serve warm or cold.

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