Maple Sugar Bread


This is really quite a decadent sounding loaf, particularly when considering the option of spreading cream cheese on each slice. From the website www.recipeland.com.

Ingredients
1.5 cups of applesauce
1 cup nuts (hazelnuts, walnuts or pecans)
2.5 cups flour, all-purpose
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon ground
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup raisins, seedless, coarsely chopped
1 teaspoon butter softened
1/2 cup butter softened
1.5 cups maple sugar (finely grated if necessary)
3 large eggs

Directions
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Use teaspoon of butter to coat bottom and sides of a 9x5x3 loaf pan. In a medium sized bowl combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt.
In a large bowl, cream 1/2 cup of softened butter and maple sugar together. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the flour mixture in 3 parts alternating with the apple puree in 2 parts, mixing just enough to incorporate the ingredients fully. Then stir in the nuts and raisins. Pour the batter into buttered pan, spreading it and smoothing the top with a spatula, and bake in the middle of the oven for 1 to 1.5 hours, or until the top is golden brown and a toothpick or cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean.

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