Abc Bread

If they served this in grade school, you wouldn't have had any trouble learning your ABC's. This delicious bread has A=apples and apricot preserves, B=bananas, and C=cinnamin. Add walnuts, and you have a delicious, nutricious snack. For a fancy dessert, whip some cream with a hint of cinnamin and lemon zest, and add a dollop.

• Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
• Serves: 14

Ingredients

• For bread

• 3  eggs
• 1  cup sugar
• 1  cup brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup  oil
• 1⁄2 cup  apricot preserves
• 1  teaspoon lemon zest
• 3  cups flour
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
• 2  granny smith apples, peeled grated
• 2  bananas, mashed
• 1⁄2 cup walnuts, chopped

• For struesal topping

• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
• 1  tablespoon cinnamon
• 2  teaspoons flour
• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 1  tablespoon lemon juice

• For whipped cream topping

• 1  cup Cool Whip or 1  cup  prepared  whipped topping
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 1  teaspoon lemon zest

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F Spray 2 loaf pans with cooking spray.
2. Shake 1 T flour into the bottom and sides of each pan. Shake out excess.
3. Mix eggs, lemon zest, both sugars, oil, apricot jam, baking soda and salt.
4. Mix together grated apples and mashed bananas.
5. Add walnuts and four. Mix to incorporate.
6. Mix the struessal topping ingredients together. Place 1/2 topping in the bottom of each of the prepared bread pans.
7. Add 1/2 of the bread mixture to each pan.
8. Bake at 350 F for 55-60 minutes.
9. Remove from oven and let cool ten minutes.
10. Use a knife to loosen bread. Invert on a serving plate and slice.
11. Mix together whipped topping. Add a dollop to each slice if desired.