- Yield: 1 loaf
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Butter (or 1/4 cup each Butter and Shortening)
- 1 1/2 cups Brown Sugar, packed
- 1 Egg
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 cup Thick Unsweetened Applesauce
- 1 3/4 cups Flour
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon Nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon Cloves
- 1 cup Raisins (I used 1/2 cup each Raisins and Chopped Prunes)
Method
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, and grease one medium-sized loaf pan (mine is 9 by 5 inches). This would also work for muffins. However, I don’t know the baking time for that, so you’d have to babysit a little.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the shortening/butter and brown sugar (it will be thick).
- Beat in the egg and vanilla, and then stir in the applesauce.
- In a separate bowl sift and combine the flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.
- Add flour mixture to the applesauce mixture, and beat with a spoon for about 30 seconds, until well-combined.
- Stir in the raisins.
- Spoon the batter into the pan. Bake for about 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack to finish cooling.