On a recent perusal through my revised 13th edition of The Fanny Farmer Cookbook, I came across this recipe in the quick breads section. I made it once several years ago finding it quick to make as well as another way to use homemade applesauce.
Applesauce Nut Bread
½ cup shortening
¼ cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups white flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup applesauce
¾ cup chopped walnuts
Place oven rack in middle position. Preheat oven to 350 degrees farenheit. Butter or grease loaf pan or set aside non-stick loaf pan.
In a large mixing bowl, cream together shortening and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla extract to sugar mixture and mix well. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg to batter and stir well to blend. Stir applesauce and walnuts into the batter.
Pour batter into loaf pan and bake 50-55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of loaf comes out clean. Remove bread from pan and cool on rack for at least 5-10 minutes before serving.
Store any leftovers in air-tight container.
