Apple Bread

Name: Apple Bread
Ingredients: 1/2 c. butter or margarine; 2 eggs; 1/2 tsp. salt; 1 tsp. double-acting baking powder; 2 Tbsp. buttermilk or sour milk; 1/2 c. coarsely chopped walnuts or pecans; 1 c. sugar; 2 c. flour; 1/2 tsp. baking soda; 1 c. coarsely chopped apples, unpeeled; 1 tsp. vanilla extract or grated lemon rind

11 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

1/2 c. butter or margarine
2 eggs
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. double-acting baking powder
2 Tbsp. buttermilk or sour milk
1/2 c. coarsely chopped walnuts or pecans
1 c. sugar
2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 c. coarsely chopped apples, unpeeled
1 tsp. vanilla extract or grated lemon rind

Directions

1

Cream butter; slowly add sugar and beat until light and lemon colored.
2

Beat in 2 eggs.
3

Sift the flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder together.
4

Add to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
5

Stir in the apples, walnuts and the vanilla extract or lemon rind. Butter a 9 or 10 x 5 x 3-inch loaf tin.
6

Spoon the batter into the tin and bake in a preheated 350° oven 50 to 60 minutes, until the loaf pulls away slightly from the sides of the tin or until a cake tester comes out clean.
7

Cool in the pan 5 minutes, then cool completely on a rack before serving.