Applesauce Bread With Apple Butter

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce, warm
• 1 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts
• 2 cups unsweetened applesauce
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 pinch ginger or 1 pinch clove

Recipe

• 1 for the cake: cream the butter until soft anf fluffy.
• 2 gradually add sugar and beat until it is light.
• 3 in another bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt, and spices.
• 4 slowly add flour mixture and warm applesauce to sugar mixture and blend well if desired, mix in the raisins and nuts.
• 5 pour into a loaf pan.
• 6 bake at 350 for 60-75 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• 7 chill before slicing.
• 8 serve with apple butter.
• 9 for the apple butter: combine the ingredients in a saucepan.
• 10 bring to a boil and simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
• 11 cool and spread on slices of cake.