Fresh Apple Bread

Name: Fresh Apple Bread
Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 8 tablespoons butter, softened; 1 1/4 cups sugar; 2 eggs; 1 1/2 cups finely grated peeled apples; 1/2 cup chopped pecans or 1/2 cup walnuts

10 ingredients

6 steps

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
8 tablespoons butter, softened
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups finely grated peeled apples
1/2 cup chopped pecans or 1/2 cup walnuts

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 9-inch loaf pan.
2

Mix the dry ingredients together and set aside.
3

Cream the butter and sugar together in a large bowl until fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Stir in the dry ingredients, then add the apple and pecans.
4

Bake for 1 hour or until a wooden toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
5

Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out on a rack.
6

Cool before slicing.