Harvest Pumpkin Apple Bread

Kree's Note:

All the flavors of Autumn combined into one scrumptious bread. This tastes great with coffee or tea! I make this using Egg Beaters and unsweetened applesauce in place of half the oil to make it healthier. Prep time includes cooling time.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 30 mins
• Prep Time: 25 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs 5 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 20

Yield: 2.0 loaves

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• 3 cups granulated sugar
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree (such as Libby's)
• 4 large eggs
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• ½ cup apple juice (or water)
• 1 large baking apple , peeled,cored and diced

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease and flour two 9 x 5-inch loaf pans.
3. Combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt in large bowl.
4. Combine sugar, pumpkin, eggs, vegetable oil and apple juice in large mixer bowl; beat until just blended.
5. Add pumpkin mixture to flour mixture; stir just until moistened.
6. Fold in apples.
7. Spoon batter into prepared loaf pans.
8. Bake for 65 to 70 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
9. Cool in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
10. To make using three 8 X 4-inch loaf pans: Prepare as above and bake for 60 to 65 minutes.
11. To make using five or six 5 X 3-inch mini-loaf pans: Prepare as above and bake for 55 to 60 minutes.

Reviews

[Steph KP]

YUM! Used 2 cups sugar (not 3), subbed 1 cup sweetened applesauce for the oil, subbed in 1 cup whole wheat flour for one of the white, added in walnuts and oatmeal.

Easy and delicious. It stays moist for days! I made muffins instead and it took about 30 mins to bake.

[Dawni]

Awesome! Even with cutting the sugar back to 2 cups and only using 1/2 cup oil and half whole wheat flour for the flour, this turns out great. Let it cool first to get the best flavor. It's not as flavorful right out of the oven. I do put in a little more apple. I got 5 mini loaves and another regular size loaf out of one batch. This freezes well. Thanks for sharing!

[Geema]

I wanted an easy, yet delicious quick bread to mail to my Dad to satisfy his sweet tooth. Little did I know that I have chosen just about the best fruit bread I've ever made! It's light, moist, flavorful and I'm sure will pack well. Whole wheat flour works great in this recipe, and I used granulated maple sugar instead of regular white sugar. Next time I'll try decreasing the amount of sweetening to fool myself into thinking that this might be healthy. The batter seemed quite loose compared to other breads I've made, but I just trusted you Kree and plopped it right into the pans. I'm sure glad I did since the texture was perfect. Thanks so much Kree for such a superior bread recipe!