Nancy's Apple Bread

* Exported from MasterCook *

Nancy's Apple Bread

Recipe By : Pampered Chef
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Breads

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 cup butter or margarine -- softened
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups apples, peeled -- coarsely chopped
CRUMB MIXTURE
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons cold butter or margarine

Cream butter and sugar together. In a separate bowl, dissolve soda in
lemon juice. Mix in eggs and vanilla. Beat butter mixture and egg
mixture together. Add flour and salt. Do not over mix. Gently fold in
apples. Mix crumb ingredients, cutting in butter to get a coarse crumb
texture. Spoon 1/2 of batter into greased stoneware loaf pan. Sprinkle
with 1/2 crumb mixture. Spoon in remaining batter and sprinkle with
remaining crumb mixture. Press crumbs gently into surface of batter.
Bake at 375 degrees for 1 hour 15 minutes or until a cake tester inserted
in center comes out clean. Cool slightly in pan. Remove bread from pan
and cool completely on cooling rack. Yield: 1 loaf.

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