2/3 c Butter or margarine
1 1/4 c Sugar
4 Eggs
1 1/2 c Applesauce
1/2 c Milk
4 c Flour
2 ts Baking powder
1 ts Baking soda
1 ts Salt
1 tb Grated lemon rind
1 c Chopped pecans
1/2 c Chopped raisins
1/2 c Chopped dates
Cream together butter & sugar. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Stir in
applesauce & milk. Combine dry ingredients; add to applesauce mixture & mix
well. Stir in remaining ingredients. Pour into 2 greased 9x5x3-inch loaf
pans. Bake at 350 for 1 hour or until bread tests done. Cool on rack for 10
minutes. Remove bread from pan & finish cooling on rack.
MRS C.B. (JUDY) MAPES
From the The Bliss of Cooking Returns, Fort Bliss Officers Wives Club,
Ft. Bliss, TX. Downloaded from Glen’s MM Recipe Archive,
Yields
12 Servings