Ingredients
The following ingredients have 4 Servings
- 3/4 cup salted butter (1 1/2 sticks, softened)
- 1 8 oz package cream cheese (softened)
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 large eggs (beaten)
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp cardamom
- 1 1/2 cups applesauce
- 3 cups flour
- 1 cup pecans (chopped)
Instruction
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Beat the softened butter, softened cream cheese, and sugar together in a large bowl until they're light and fluffy.
- Add the beaten eggs and vanilla and mix well.
- Sprinkle in the baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cardamom and mix until well combined.
- Now add applesauce and mix well.
- Then add flour, a cup at a time. Mix after each addition.
- Now add pecans and stir by hand, being sure to scrape down the sides and mix everything up from the bottom of the bowl.
- Spray the inside of your pans. I used a 1 quart loaf pan and 2 mini loaf pans.
- Pour batter into loaf pans, smoothing down the top.
- Bake your bread in the center of the oven. If using a large loaf pan bake for 60-70 minutes. If using small/mini pans bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- *If the top of your bread browns too fast, tent a piece of foil over the top of the pan and finish baking.
- Remove from oven and let cool slightly (until it's warm but not hot) then loosen the bread by running a knife around the inside of the pan and finish cooling on a wire rack.
- Slice and serve warm or toasted with butter. Also great for sandwiches!
- *You can also make these as muffins. Bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes.
