Morning Applesauce Loaf
From midgelet 15 years ago
- 120 minutes to make
- Serves 24
Note: these loaves are baked in a steamed oven for a very moist texture. and wrapped when cooled and stored overnight. Makes two loaves and perfect for a nutritious breakfast or brunch!
Ingredients
- 1 cup shortening shopping list
- 1 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed shopping list
- 4 eggs shopping list
- 2 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, sifted shopping list
- 1 tsp baking powder shopping list
- 1/2 tsp baking soda shopping list
- 1 1/2 tsp salt shopping list
- 2 tsp cinnamon shopping list
- 3/4 tsp cloves shopping list
- 3/4 tsp nutmeg shopping list
- 2 cup canned applesauce, sweetened shopping list
- 1 1/2 cup oats, uncooked (quick or old-fashioned) shopping list
- 1 cup raisins shopping list
- 1 cup pitted dates -- cut in small pieces shopping list
- 1 cup coarsely chopped nuts shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 275 degrees.
- Beat shortening and sugar together until creamy.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Sift together 2 cups of the flour, baking powder, soda, salt and spices.
- Add alternately with applesauce to creamed mixture; blend well.
- Stir in oats.
- Combine remaining 1/2 cup flour with raisins, dates, and nuts; stir to
- coat fruits and nuts evenly with flour.
- Stir into batter.
- Pour into 2 greased and waxed paper-lined 8-1/2" x 4-1/2" x 2-1/2" loaf pans.
- Set a pan of hot water in the bottom of oven before adding loaves.
- Bake loaves for 2 hours.
- Loosen edges; cool on wire rack about 10 minutes.
- Remove from pans; cool thoroughly.
- Wrap cooled bread in plastic and store one day before slicing.
- Yield: 2 loaves
People Who Like This Dish 5
- crystalh Arcata, CA
- joe1155 Munchen, DE
- lacrenshaw Horsham, PA
- momo_55grandma Mountianview, AR
- grk Houston, TX
- juels Clayton, NC
- mbeards2 Omaha, NE
- midgelet Whereabouts, Unknown
- Show up here?Review or Bookmark it! ✔
The Rating
Reviewed by 5 people-
wonderful loaf love it thanks high5
momo_55grandma
in Mountianview loved it
-
Just love the spices, raisins and DATES in this beauty, midge! You got my five.
Lorraine
lacrenshaw
in Horsham loved it
-
Sounds just great. Like an old fashion spice cake.
joe1155
in Munchen loved it
The Groups
-
Sweet Tooth
451 members -
Good To Freeze
132 members -
Muffins, Quick Breads, Scones and Biscuits
282 members -
Dont Knock It Till You Try It
74 members -
Family Favorites
142 members -
Quick Breads
73 members -
Breakfast Craze
70 members -
Unique And Unusual Recipes
85 members -
Feeding A Crowd
41 members -
A Fruity World
45 members
Reviews & Comments 4
-
All Comments
-
Your Comments
" It was excellent "
" It was excellent "
" It was excellent "
" It was excellent "