1/2 c  Butter, softened                    1 ts Baking soda
     1 c  Sugar                             1/2 ts Salt
     2    Eggs                              1/3 c  Buttermilk
     1 ts Vanilla extract                     1 c  Chopped peeled apple
     2 c  Flour                             1/3 c  Chopped walnuts
TOPPING:
 1/3     cup     flour 2 Tbsp. sugar 2 Tbsp. brown sugar 1/2 tsp.
 ground cinnamon 3 Tbsp. butter
 In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.  Beat in eggs and vanilla.
 Combine flour, baking soda and salt; stir into the creamed mixture
 alternately with buttermilk.  Fold in apple and nuts.  Pour into a
 greased 9x5x3″ loaf pan.  For topping, combine the first 4
 ingredients; cut in butter until crumbly.  Sprinkle over batter.
 Bake at 350 degrees for 55-60 minutes or until bread tests done.
 Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack.
                 
                 Yields       
                1 servings                
