Applesauce-pecan Bread Recipe

This is a quick bread. It doesn't contain any unusual ingredients.

• Meal Type: Bread
• Ethnicity: American
• Holiday Category: N/A
• Preparation Time: Over 1 hour, less than 1 day

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 cup applesauce, sweetened or unsweetened
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour an 8 1/2 x 4 1/4 x 3-inch loaf pan.
2. Combine first seven ingredients in a large bowl. Stir in pecans and cranberries. Make a well in the center of mixture.
3. Combine egg, applesauce and oil; add to dry ingredients, stirring just until moistened.
4. Spoon mixture into the prepared pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until bread tests done. Cool in pan 10 minutes; remove bread from pan and let cool on a wire rack.
5. Ingredient note: Orange-flavored dried cranberries, which are now available, are excellent in this recipe.
6. Preparation note: To bake this recipe in a 10-inch tube pan, increase all ingredients, except salt, by one-half. For the egg, use 1 egg and 1 egg white. Bake 5-10 minutes longer, until bread tests done.
7. Serves 12.