Apple Scotch Snack Cake

• 2/3 cup oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
• 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour

• 4 tablespoons butter, softened
• 3 tablespoons packed brown sugar

• 21/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
• 1 tablespoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 ¼ cups milk

• 6 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 ½ cups peeled and finely chopped apples
• 1 1/3 cups butterscotch chips, divided
• 1 ½ teaspoons milk
• Vanilla ice cream, optional

Heat oven to 350 degrees.  Spray bottom of 13x9x2 pan with cooking spray.

For topping:  

Measure ingredients into small bowl.  With clean fingers, mix until crumbly; set aside.

For cake:

Measure flour, oats, baking powder and salt into large bowl. Stir.

In small bowl blend brown sugar and eggs with wire whisk.  Whisk in 1 ¼ cups milk, butter and vanilla. Add to flour mixture all at once; add apples. Stir gently just until combined.

Pour into pan.  Sprinkle with 1 cup chips; crumble reserved topping evenly over chips.  

Bake 40 minutes or until golden brown and wooden pick inserted in center comes out with a few crumbs clinging to it.  Remove from oven to wire rack.

In small microwavable bowl, place remaining 1/3 cup chips and 1 ½ teaspoons milk.  Microwave on high 20 seconds; stir until smooth.  Carefully drizzle over hot cake in pan.  Cool in pan at least 30 minutes.  

Cut into squares; serve warm or at room temperature with ice cream, if desired.  

This is a great cake recipe for serving at fall gatherings.  Imagine having a warm piece of Apple-Scotch Snack Cake sitting on a glass plate with a big,hearty scoop of ice cream beside it sitting in right in front of you.  The butterscotch chips/oatmeal/apples/brown sugar/vanilla ice cream combo—WOW!  Bring on the Fall!