BUTTERMILK COFFEE CAKE

2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ cups packed brown sugar
½ tsp. salt
⅔ cup butter, margarine, or shortening
2 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. ground cinnamon
½ tsp. ground nutmeg
2 beaten eggs
1⅓ cups buttermilk or sour milk
½ cup chopped nuts

Grease bottom and ½ inch up sides of a 9x13 baking pan; set aside. Combine flour, brown sugar, and salt. Cut in butter till mixture resembles coarse crumbs; set aside ½ cup. Stir baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg into remaining crumb mixture.

Combine eggs and buttermilk. Add egg mixture all at once to dry mixture; mix well. Spoon batter into prepared pan. Stir together reserved crumb mixture and nuts. Sprinkle atop batter.

Bake at 350º for 35 to 40 minutes or till a wooden toothpick comes out clean.