Applesauce Bread

This nice little sweet bread is delicious with apple butter or peanut butter.  The original recipe is almost entirely pantry-friendly, meaning all the ingredients can be stored in the pantry.  The only non-pantry ingredient in this bread is one egg, which I substituted with freeze-dried egg, and it came out just as beautifully.  I really love that easy substitution!  I've been doing it a lot lately.

There's no oil or butter in this bread, and the applesauce sweetens it nicely with a little help from brown sugar.  The pecans are optional, but I think they add nice variety.

APPLESAUCE BREAD

PREP TIME:  10-15 minutes
COOK TIME:  about 25 minutes

INGREDIENTS

• 2 c. flour
• 1/2 c. packed brown sugar (find a substitution here if you're out; the substitution keeps longer in the pantry than brown sugar, too)
• 1  1/2 tsp. apple pie spice OR cinnamon
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1  1/2 c. applesauce
• freeze-dried equivalent of 1 egg, reconstituted (original recipe:  1 egg)
• 1/2 c. pecans, optional

DIRECTIONS

Mix together all the dry ingredients (not pecans) with a mixer.  Add in the applesauce and the freeze-dried egg (reconstituted), mixing briefly to combine.  Mix in pecans, if desired.  Pour into 4 mini loaf pans sprayed with cooking spray.  Bake at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.  (Alternative:  bake in one 8x4 pan for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick in the center comes out clean.)  Cool 15-20 minutes before removing from pans.

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