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Cherry Coffeecake

From Good Housekeeping. Jim and the kids love it.

All purpose flour
Sugar
1 t baking powder
¼ t baking soda
¼ t salt
10 T butter or margarine, melted
½ c milk
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
¼ t lemon juice or extract
21 or 22 oz can cherry pie filling

Grease and flour a 9×9 baking pan. In large bowl with fork, mix 1 ¼ c flour, ½ c sugar, baking powder, soda, and salt. Add ½ c melted butter or margarine, milk, egg, and vanilla. With spoon, beat just until well mixed. Pour batter into baking pan, spread evenly. In small bowl, with fork, combine 1/2 c flour, ¼ c sugar, and remaining 2 T margarine until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle half on top of batter. Stir lemon into pie filling. Spread over crumbs on batter, then sprinkle with the rest of the crumbs. Bake at 350 for one hour or until the top is light golden.