Sweet & Nutty Apple Bread

Photo: Denine & Daniele

Ingredients

1/4 cup butter

1/4 cup sugar

2 eggs, beaten well

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 cups grated apples, skins on (I used about 6 small apples; 4 gree

cup brown sugar

diced walnuts

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350. Butter or grease a 9 * 5 loaf pan.

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.

Beat in eggs, one at a time, until just blended.

In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.

Core and grate apples, skins on, into a large bowl. Keep juices and fruit together. (The apple juice will help keep the bread moist.) Add vanilla; stir.

Add 1/3 of the flour mixture to the egg mixture and mix until just incorporated. Then, add 1/3 of the grated apple, and again, mix until just incorporated. Repeat this step until all dry ingredients and apple have been added to the egg mixture. Do not over mix.

Pour into the well-greased loaf pan.

For topping: In a clean bowl, mix together brown sugar and diced walnuts. Sprinkle brown sugar and walnut mixture generously over the top of the bread; use all of it - you won't regret it!

Bake for 50-55 minutes. Remove from pan and cool on wire rack.

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Last weekend, we took the kids apple picking at Hank's Farmstand in Watermill, NY. It was great fun watching the kids run through the apple orchard, and for just $15 we left with a one peck bag of mixed variety apples (approximately 25-30 apples!).

Needless to say, I've been using apples in everything lately, especially my Sweet & Nutty Apple Bread; a tasty quick bread gently flavored with grated apples and a brown sugar and walnut topping.