Spiced Apple Bread

I hate to waste! I hate throwing out food that has gone "bad" because we neglected to eat it. It's the same as throwing away money! So anytime I have some mushy brown bananas I will make Banana Nut Bread! BUT today while cleaning I ran across 6 mushy apples..... I knew I could make applesauce but I wasnt in the mood for that, so I immediately ran to the iPad and googled "what to make with mushy apples"  and ran across this recipe for Spiced Apple Bread on a Taste of Home blog! I gathered all my ingredients and went to work!

I peeled, cored, and sliced my apples 

 Put the wet ingredients in the mixer

Mixed in the dry Ingredients and poured them into loaf pans (I used 1 9x5 and 2 smaller ones not sure of size)

After 20 minutes sprinkled the top with cinnamon/sugar mixture 

40 minutes later.........

DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!

Spiced Apple Bread

This spiced apple bread recipe contains fresh chopped apples, raisins, chopped pecans, and spices.

Ingredients:

• 2 2/3 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 4 cups coarsely chopped apples
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 2 teaspoons sugar mixed with 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Preparation:

In a bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, and spices. In a mixing bowl, combine sugar and oil. Beat in eggs and vanilla, then stir in chopped apples, raisins, and pecans. Add the dry ingredients and mix until well blended. Grease 2 9x5-inch loaf pans and line bottoms with waxed paper. Greased waxed paper. Pour batter into pans, smoothing the top with a spatula or spoon. Bake for 20 minutes at 325°. Pull out rack and sprinkle loaves with the cinnamon sugar mixture. Continue baking for 30 to 40 minutes, or until a wooden pick or cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.

Cool for 10 minutes; turn out onto a rack. Slice and serve or freeze.