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Upside-Down Apple Cake

JL;DR SUMMARY Leah Koenig shares her Upside-Down Apple Cake recipe from her cookbook, Modern Jewish Cooking, just in time for Rosh Hashanah. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Rosh HashanahJewish HolidaysModern Jewish CookingKosher KitchenCriscoLeah KoenigUpside Down Apple CakePlant Based ButterDairy Free BakingPareve Desserts

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New York, United States
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