Recipe for cooking applesauce cocoa bread

Quick Meals- Soups and Bread :: Sweet Quick Breads

Applesauce Cocoa Bread

1 2/3 C. flour
3/4 C. sugar
1/3 C. unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
Dash of ground nutmeg
1/2 C. shortening
2 eggs
1 C. applesauce
1/2 C. chopped pecans
Vanilla Glaze

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease bottom only of 9 x 5-in. bread loaf pan.

In lrg. bowl, stir together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Add shortening, eggs and applesauce; beat just until blended. Stir in pecans. Spoon mixture into prepared pan. Bake 50 to 55 min. or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.

Cool 15 min.; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely. Prepare Vanilla Glaze; drizzle over bread.

Vanilla Glaze
1/2 C. powdered\", sugar
3 to 4 tea. milk

In a sm. bowl