Autumn Apple Pumpkin Bread

Autumn Apple Pumpkin Bread is a delicious way to welcome fall! This simple yet delicious quick bread is bursting with the flavors of the season! Try this for brunch!

• Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
• Serves: 36
• Yields: 3 Loaves

Ingredients

• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
• 4  apples
• 4  eggs
• 1  cup butter, melted
• 1⁄2 cup honey
• 3⁄4 cup  unbleached cane sugar
• 1⁄4 cup milk
• 4  cups flour
• 2  teaspoons baking soda
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 1  teaspoon nutmeg
• 1⁄2 teaspoon clove
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ginger

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Butter and flour three 9″ x 4″ loaf pans; or line with parchment paper so that edges overhang.
3. Place pumpkin in large mixing bowl.  Add eggs, honey, butter and milk until blended.
4. Add cane sugar and beat well.
5. In a smaller bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger.
6. Stir into the pumpkin mixture and beat well at medium speed for three to four minutes.
7. Peel and dice the apples; stir into batter.
8. Pour evenly into prepared loaf pans.
9. Bake at 350 degrees 40 t0 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of loaf comes out clean.
10. Cool in pans 10 minutes.
11. Loosen with sharp knife and invert pans onto baking sheet.
12. Serve warm or cool and store. Freezes well.
13. 3 Loaves.