Pecan Coffee Cake

Ingredients:
- 2 c. brown sugar
- 2 c. flour
- 1/2 c. shortening (butter and Crisco or margarine)
- 1 c. buttermilk
- 1 tsp. soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 egg
- 1/2 c. chopped pecans

Directions:
- Mix sugar, flour and shortening together as you would pie crust.
- Take out 1/2 cup mixture; save for topping.
- To the remainder, add the buttermilk and teaspoon of soda which has been dissolved in a tablespoon of warm water, vanilla, salt and egg. Beat together.
- Turn into buttered pan approximately 9 1/2 inches square.
- Sprinkle over top the 1/2 cup of crumbs and 1/2 cup chopped pecans.
- Bake at 400° for 45 minutes.
- Best served slightly warm.
- (Serves 12.)