Spiced Apple Bread

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°F and lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan. Set pan aside.

Step 2

In a large mixing bowl, add butter, sugar, eggs and oil and beat, using a hand mixer, until smooth. Lightly beat in diced apples.

Step 3

In a separate mixing bowl, combine dry ingredients (flour, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, baking soda, baking powder and salt) and stir.

Step 4

Add the flour mixture to the bowl with the "wet" ingredients and use a rubber spatula to stir together. Stir until just combined and no flour streaks remain.

Step 5

Transfer batter to prepared loaf pan and bake for 45-50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs.

Step 6

Let bread cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then turn bread out onto a wire cooling rack to finish cooling.

Step 7

Slice once cool, and serve.