Fresh apple bread(bobbie cohen)

 
                      Fresh Apple Bread (Bobbie Cohen)
 
 Recipe By     : Diane's Traveling Newsletter
 Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Breads
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
    2      cups          all purpose flour
    2      teaspoons     baking powder
    1      teaspoon      salt
      1/2  teaspoon      cinnamon
      1/4  teaspoon      nutmeg
      1/2  cup           butter -- or shortening
    1 1/4  cups          sugar
    2                    eggs
    1 1/2  cups          peeled apples -- finely grated
      1/2  cup           chopped walnuts or pecans
 
 Preheat over to 350 deg F.
 
 Sift together first 5 ingredients and set aside.  Cream butter and sugar
 together until light and fluffy.  Beat in eggs 1 at a time, beating well
 after each.  Stir in dry ingredients, 1/2 at a time, beating well after
 each
 addition.  Stir in apple.  Fold in nuts.  Pour into well greased and
 floured
 9 x 5 x 3-inch loag pan.  Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour or until
 done.
 Cool in pan for 10 minutes and turn out onto wire rack.  Cool completely
 before slicing.
 
 Yield: 1 loaf.
 
 Notes: One of my co-workers a few years ago, owned "Just Desserts" a
 wonderful place in Hyde Park, NY.  This bread was very popular.