Applesass Quick Bread

Total Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 2 cups applesauce
• 2 cups raisin bran cereal (read *note)
• 2 1/2 cups unbleached flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground star anise (optional, my addition)
• 1/4 cup oil
• 1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 cup nuts, coarsely chopped (walnuts or pecans are good)
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 *note: replace the raisin bran cereal with bran flakes or bran buds' cereal and 1/2 cup raisins.
• 2 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 3 grease a 9x5x3 inch aluminum loaf pan, muffin tins, or mini-loaf pans.
• 4 in a large mixing bowl combine the eggs, applesauce and bran cereal. let mixture stand 10 minutes then stir.
• 5 in another mixing bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda and spices.
• 6 mix together the vegetable oil, brown sugar and chopped nuts with the cereal mixture. stir only until moistened.
• 7 pour into loaf pan or muffin tins.
• 8 bake 60-70 minutes for loaf and about 20-25 minutes for the muffins, depending on your oven.
• 9 bread is done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 10 let the loaf cool 10 minutes before removing from the pan.
• 11 good with jam!