Summertime = FOOD

So, along with other interesting activities, I have been inventing/cooking new recipes this summer. Mostly good, a few...well, we won't discuss those. :) Allow me to share a new favorite recipe, which- to my knowledge and research- is not on the internet: Spiced Applesauce Bread. (not this exact recipe, anyhow.) Mmmmm.

Spiced Applesauce Bread (Southern Living)

1 1/4 cups applesauce

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup vegetable oil

2 large eggs, slightly beaten

3 T. milk

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 t. baking powder

1 t. baking soda

1/4 t. salt

1/2 t. ground cinnamon (I used 1 teaspoon)

1/4 t. ground nutmeg (I used 1/2 teaspoon)

1/4 t. ground allspice (I used 1/2 teaspoon)

1 cup chopped pecans, divided

1/4 cup light brown sugar

1/2 t. ground cinnamon 

Combine first 5 ingredients in a large bowl; stir well. 

Combine flour and next 6 ingredients; add to applesauce mixture, stirring well. Fold in 1/2 cup pecans. Pour batter into two greased loafpans, or one large pan. Combine remaining 1/2 cup pecans, brown sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon; sprinkle over batter in pan. 

Bake at 350* for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted comes out clean. Cool in a pan on a wire rack 10 minutes; remove from pan. Makes 1 loaf/large pan, 2 loaves/two smaller pans.

*Disclaimer: I did not make the topping, so I just added to remaining pecans into the batter. I put the batter into two pans instead of one; it baked much more evenly and did not burn. 

 

It was absolutely delicious, warm, spiced perfectly, and smelled/tasted remarkably of fall. Enjoy with a cup of tea or coffee, and do have a splendid evening. :) 

until next time...