Recipe for cooking applesauce-pecan bread

Quick Meals- Soups and Bread :: Sweet Quick Breads

Applesauce-Pecan Bread

2 C. flour
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 C. sugar
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 C. chopped pecans
1/2 C. dried cranberries
1 egg, beaten
1 C. applesauce, sweetened or unsweetened
1/4 C. canola oil

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour an 8 1/2 x 4 1/4 x 3-in. bread loaf pan.

Mix together first seven ingredients in a lrg. bowl. Stir in pecans and cranberries. Make a well in the center of mixture.

Mix together egg, applesauce and oil; add to dry ingredients, stirring just until moistened.

Spoon mixture into the prepared pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 min. or until bread tests done. Cool in pan 10 min.; remove bread from pan and let cool on a wire rack.

Ingredient note: Orange-flavored dried cranberries, which are now available, are excellent in this recipe.

Preparation note: To bake this recipe in a 10-in. tube pan, increase all ingredients, except salt, by one-half. For the egg, use 1 egg and 1 egg white. Bake 5-10 min. longer, until bread tests done.

Servings 12.