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Pecan Applesauce Breakfast Bread

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup salted butter 1 1/2 sticks, softened
  • 1 8 oz package cream cheese softened
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 large eggs beaten
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp cardamom
  • 1 1/2 cups applesauce
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 cup pecans chopped

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Beat the softened butter, softened cream cheese, and sugar together in a large bowl until they're light and fluffy.
  • Add the beaten eggs and vanilla and mix well.
  • Sprinkle in the baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cardamom and mix until well combined.
  • Now add applesauce and mix well.
  • Then add flour, a cup at a time. Mix after each addition.
  • Now add pecans and stir by hand, being sure to scrape down the sides and mix everything up from the bottom of the bowl.
  • Spray the inside of your pans. I used a 1 quart loaf pan and 2 mini loaf pans.
  • Pour batter into loaf pans, smoothing down the top.
  • Bake your bread in the center of the oven. If using a large loaf pan bake for 60-70 minutes. If using small/mini pans bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  • *If the top of your bread browns too fast, tent a piece of foil over the top of the pan and finish baking.
  • Remove from oven and let cool slightly (until it's warm but not hot) then loosen the bread by running a knife around the inside of the pan and finish cooling on a wire rack.
  • Slice and serve warm or toasted with butter. Also great for sandwiches!
  • *You can also make these as muffins. Bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes.

Notes

Recipe from Double Fudge Brownie Murder by Joanne Fluke.