Apple Bread

Bread
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 medium apples

Crumb Mixture
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons sugar
2 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons butter, cold

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Cream butter and sugar together in the Classic Batter Bowl. Dissolve baking soda in lemon juice. Combine baking soda mixture, eggs, and vanilla with butter mixture. Beat mixtures together. Peel, core and slice apples and coarsely chop the apple slices. Gently fold apples into butter. Combine crumbs ingredients, cutting in butter to get a coarse crumb texture. Spoon 1/2 of the batter into greased loaf pan. Sprinkle with 1/2 crumb mixture. Press crumbs gently into surface of batter. Bake 1 hour 15 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan. Remove bread and cool completely on cooling rack before slicing. Yields: 1 loaf--16 slices