Sunday, September 28, 2025

Time for Apple Bread

Even though the temps here in Lancaster go into the 80's in the afternoons, I am ready for Fall and cozy foods. This apple bread recipe is super easy, freezes well, and tastes like Autumn.

I found this recipe years ago in a cookbook that I found in the school library. Because the Family and Consumer Science ( formerly known as Home Ec.) classes visited the library often for research on nutrition, foreign foods, etc. our library had a nice collection of cookbooks. This cookbook was one of those community cookbooks where people submit recipes...and the little note that went with the recipe stated that it was often made for church bake sales.

I forgot about the recipe and did not make it for along time, but I had a bunch of apples that were past their prime and cut them up to make this bread.

I recently bought this slicer gizmo from Amazon and wanted to try it out. It worked great on the apples for this recipe. Note: I found later that day it does not work so well for celery, but I do love it for the other veggies.

It made nice little cubes of apples. You can see the recipe here in my recipe binder.

Here it is -

2 cups sugar

1 cup oil

3 eggs, beaten

3 cups flour - I used whole wheat

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. baking soda

2 tsp. vanilla

3 cups peeled and chopped apples - I used McIntosh

1 cup nuts - I used walnuts

First thing is to beat together the sugar, oil, and eggs.

Then sift together flour, salt, cinnamon, and baking soda.

I love using this sifter - it belonged to my grandmother - who I never met. My mother married my father after she passed away and this was in the family home my parents moved into...I remember my mother using it all the time.