Recipe--Applesauce Spice Bread

Something about me that many of you may not know, is that I used to have a bread business. In my middle-school years, I used to bake and sell about 20 loaves of bread per week to friends and church family. I had about 20 different breads on my menu, and often tried new recipes to add to my repertoire.

One of the breads I made is Applesauce Spice Bread. That bread is the favorite of our youngest (known) blog reader, R. His Dad was the Pastor of our church in Michigan, and I would occasionally make a loaf for their family.

As I’ve mentioned before, their family moved to Texas about 6 months before we did and Dad and I recently visited them on our trip to Houston. I made sure to bring a loaf of Applesauce Spice Bread with me, just for R. J But then he asked if I had ever posted the recipe on the blog. He had looked on our recipe page and couldn’t find it. I thought for sure I had posted it before, but when I got home I discovered that I hadn’t.

So now I’m posting the recipe! Now R can have the bread any time he feels like making it (or begs his Mom to make it for him. J Sorry for creating more work for you, Miss Stacy!)

Applesauce Spice Bread

2 Cups unsweetened applesauce (we’ve tried using homemade applesauce before, and we’ve concluded that store-bought sauce works best)

1 cup sugar

¼ cup oil

2 ½ cups flour

¼ teaspoon salt

1/3 teaspoon cloves

2 teaspoons baking soda

½ teaspoon cinnamon

Mix applesauce, sugar, and oil. In a separate bowl, blend the remaining ingredients before combining with the applesauce mixture.

Bake in a greased bread pan at 350°F for 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean (works best in wider/larger bread pans.) Let bread cool, then slice. Makes 1 large loaf.