Apple Cinnamon Loaf

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 apple, peeled and chopped

Steps

1. Heat the oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 9×5-inch loaf pan.
2. Stir the brown sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl and set aside.
3. Cream the sugar and butter until smooth, beat in the eggs one at a time, then add the vanilla.
4. Combine the flour and baking powder and stir into the creamed mixture, then mix in the milk until smooth.
5. Spread half the batter in the pan, top with half the apple and half the cinnamon sugar, and press the apple lightly into the batter.
6. Add the rest of the batter, then the rest of the apple and cinnamon sugar, and swirl the cinnamon sugar through the apples with a spoon.
7. Bake 40-50 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.

Notes

Makes one loaf.

From a printed recipe card (same brown-band card series as the Pumpkin Bars, no publisher named) kept in Rosie Lee’s recipe box.

Photo: stock photo found online.

Rosie Lee’s original recipe card

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