Fresh Apple Bread

A perfect recipe for the upcoming season!!

• Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
• Yields: 1 loaf

Ingredients

• 2  cups all-purpose flour
• 2  teaspoons baking powder
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 8  tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 1⁄4 cups sugar
• 2  eggs
• 1 1⁄2 cups  finely grated peeled apples
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped pecans or 1⁄2 cup walnuts

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 9-inch loaf pan.
2. Mix the dry ingredients together and set aside.
3. Cream the butter and sugar together in a large bowl until fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Stir in the dry ingredients, then add the apple and pecans.
4. Bake for 1 hour or until a wooden toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
5. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out on a rack.
6. Cool before slicing.