Applesauce Pumpkin Bread

• white sugar↗2 cups
• applesauce↗1 1⁄2 cups
• pumpkin puree↗2 cups
• eggs↗4

  beaten

• baking powder↗2 teaspoons
• baking soda↗2 teaspoons
• ground cinnamon↗2 teaspoons
• salt↗1 teaspoon
• ground ginger↗1⁄2 teaspoon
• ground cloves↗1⁄2 teaspoon
• ground mace1⁄4 teaspoon
• chopped walnuts1⁄2 cup

  optional

• semi-sweet chocolate chips↗1⁄2 cup

  optional

• all-purpose flour↗3 cups
• confectioners' sugar↗1⁄4 cup

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease two 9x5-inch loaf pans.

2. 2

   Mix white sugar and applesauce together in a large bowl; stir pumpkin puree and eggs into sugar mixture until smooth. Mix baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, ginger, cloves, and mace into pumpkin mixture; fold in walnut and chocolate chips, if using. Stir flour into pumpkin mixture until fully incorporated. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pans.

3. 3

   Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of each loaf comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack. Sprinkle each loaf with confectioners' sugar.