Apple Coffee Can Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 4 medium-size cooking apples
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
• 2 grease and flour three 1-pound coffee cans.
• 3 tie a double band of aluminum foil around the cans to extend 2 inches above the edges of the cans.
• 4 grease the foil.
• 5 peel, core, and finely dice the apples.
• 6 place in a large bowl and mix with the sugar and pecans.
• 7 sift in the flour, baking soda, and spices.
• 8 mix well.
• 9 melt the butter in a small saucepan and stir in the vanilla.
• 10 lightly beat the eggs.
• 11 stir the eggs and butter into the apple mixture.
• 12 spoon the batter into the cans and bake for 1 1/4 hours or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
• 13 cool in the cans for 10 minutes; remove to a wire rack to finish cooling.