Recipe: Spicy Apple Bread (Oster blender recipe, 1970)

SPICY APPLE BREAD

2 cups sifted flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
V2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
V4 teaspoon ground allspice
V4 teaspoon ground cloves
2 eggs
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup apple juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup light brown sugar
1 1/2 cups peeled apple pieces
1 cup walnuts
Vanilla glaze (optional)

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan.

Sift flour, baking soda, salt and spices into a mixing bowl. Set aside.

Put eggs, butter, apple juice, vanilla and sugar into blender container, cover and process at BLEND until smooth.

Stop blender, add apples and nuts, cover and process 2 cycles at BLEND. Empty into flour mixture and mix well. Turn into prepared pan.

Bake 45 to 55 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean.

Frost the cooled bread with vanilla glaze if desired.

Makes 1 loaf
Source: Osterizer Blender Spin Cookery Cookbook, 1970