Question of the Day: What do I have and what can I make out of it?
Answer: Apple-Golden Raisin Bread!
When it comes to baking, I’m a use-a-recipe-but-not-really kind of girl. Sometimes this turns out well, sometimes it doesn’t. Today’s bread was a winner so I wanted to share this fresh outta oven goodness with you!
(Adapted from Betty Crocker’s Banana Bread Recipe)
Apple-Golden Raisin Bread
2 Cups Flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1.2 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon (add more to taste)
2 eggs
2 apples, thinly sliced
1 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup Applesauce (instead of oil- reduces fat content and doesn’t change flavor or consistency of bread at all)
Mix all the dry ingredients together; set aside. Combine sugar, eggs and applesauce; add thinly sliced apples and a handful (or 2!) of golden raisins. Or maybe cranberries- cranberries could be a nice touch too!
I like the thinly sliced apples versus tiny chopped up apples because once baked, every bite contains a legit piece of soft, juicy apple. Delish.
Combine wet and dry ingredients and mix well (no flour crumblies left at the bottom!).
Pour into a greased bread pan and bake for 45 minutes. I usually put foil over it for the last 10 minutes- sometimes, the top crust of my bread can look super done but then I still have uncooked business going on on the inside. I find the foil creates an oven within an oven and the inside gets perfectly cooked while preserving a perfectly brown crust.
A cup of tea, this bread…the perfect way to wait out this fog that has settled over our fair city today.
