Apple Pie Bread

I've been posting about this recipe all day on facebook and I have several friends DYING to get their hands on this recipe.

FYI, I have NO CLUE where my camera is. So these pictures are kind of crummy. Sorry, the cell phone camera is all I have today.

Ingredients

• 1 (21 ounce) can apple filling
• 1 cup butter, at room temperature (I used 1 cup Apple sauce)
  
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup (packed) dark brown sugar (I had light brown sugar, so thats what I used)
  
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour (I used Whole Wheat flour)
  
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (I didn't measure... but I know its a lot more than 1 teaspoon)
  
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup raisins (didn't use this)
  
• 3/4 cup chopped walnuts (or this)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5 loaf pan. (I used 2 smaller pans, but I could have put it all in 1)


2. In a medium bowl, use a potato masher to break up apples in the filling; set aside. In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter, white sugar, and brown sugar. Stir in eggs, apples, and vanilla extract until well blended.


Sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Stir into apple mixture, then stir in raisins and walnuts. Pour batter into prepared pan.

3. Bake in preheated oven for 60 minute, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 15 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

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