Fresh Apple Bread

• all-purpose flour↗2 cups
• baking powder↗2 teaspoons
• salt↗1 teaspoon
• ground cinnamon↗1⁄2 teaspoon
• ground nutmeg↗1⁄4 teaspoon
• butter↗8 tablespoons

  softened

• sugar↗1 1⁄4 cups
• eggs↗2
• finely grated peeled apples1 1⁄2 cups
• pecans or walnuts1⁄2 cup

  chopped

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 9-inch loaf pan.

2. 2

   Mix the dry ingredients together and set aside.

3. 3

   Cream the butter and sugar together in a large bowl until fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Stir in the dry ingredients, then add the apple and pecans.

4. 4

   Bake for 1 hour or until a wooden toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.

5. 5

   Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out on a rack.

6. 6

   Cool before slicing.