These are delicious, and they keep indefinitely.

1/2 cup butter or margarine
2 cups granulated sugar
2 eggs
3 cups apples, cut fine
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped walnuts

Cream butter; add sugar and cream again. Beat eggs and add to creamed mixture. Stir in apples.

Sift together flour, baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger and salt; add to the mixture and mix well. Fold in walnuts. Bake for 40 minutes at 350 degrees F in a greased and floured 13 x 9-inch pan.

Cool. Cut into bars or cut in squares and serve as a dessert with a dab of whipped cream on top.