½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon nutmeg

¼ teaspoon ground cloves

1½ cups raisins

1½ cups currants

1 cup pecans

1 cup mixed candied fruit

1 cup candied cherries

Melt butter in a saucepan; add apple pie filling and sugar. Continue heating, stirring occasionally until sugar melts; cool. Sift together dry ingredients. Mix raisins, currants, pecans, candied fruits and cherries with dry ingredients. Combine apple mixture and dry ingredients. Pour into foil-lined 9-inch tube pan. Bake at 300° for 90 minutes or until done. Serve with butter sauce if desired.

Butter Sauce