Applesauce Spice Bread
This simple sweet bread is lovely at breakfast with a cup of coffee or tea, easy to send a slice with each kid as they run out the door for school, and makes a special treat in anyone's lunch bag.
My inspiration here was an easy banana bread recipe that is always well received. I wanted to change it up, using the same basic recipe, by adding a different flavor for fall, when apples are sweet and fresh. We have a bowl of home made applesauce in the fridge so I was able to use it in this recipe, but a jar of applesauce would work as well.
Applesauce Spice Bread
1 2/3 cup all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1 cup applesauce
2/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup olive oil
2 eggs
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut a piece of parchment to cover the two long sides and bottom of a loaf pan.
Mix dry ingredients together in a small bowl. In a large bowl, mix wet ingredients together. Once well blended, add dry ingredient mix to wet ingredient mix and stir until smooth. Spoon batter into prepared loaf pan and bake for 65-75 minutes, until knife inserted in center comes out clean.
Allow this loaf to cool. Slice and enjoy!
