From the kitchen of Dan Ruffing, East Lansing.
Ingredients
2 ½ cups flour
½ teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoons baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon nutmeg
2 cups brown sugar
2/3 cup shortening
1 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine first six ingredients in bowl. Add shortening and brown sugar and mix again. Reserve 1 cup of mixture for topping. Stir in milk and egg until flour mixture is moist. Pour into 13×9 baking dish and sprinkle reserved flour mixture on top. Bake in 350 oven for 40 minutes.