Apple Breakfast Cake

4 cups apples, cut up (leave skins on)
2 cups sugar (such as sucanat)
2 cups flour
1 ½ tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 eggs, well beaten
¾ cups melted butter (1 ½ sticks)
2 tsp. vanilla
1 cup chopped nuts, optional

Mix apples and sugar in a large bowl. Let sit while preparing the rest.

Mix dry ingredients together. Mix with apples. Add eggs, oil, vanilla, and nuts. Mix thoroughly with wooden spoon, and pour into a greased 9×13 pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes.