Ingredients

The following ingredients have 12 Servings
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/3 cup butter (softened)
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/4 cups apple butter
  • 1/2 cup raisins
  • 1/8 cup hot tap water

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  • Grease a 8x4x2-inch loaf pan.
  • Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and cloves in a bowl.
  • Beat the butter and sugars with an electric mixer in a separate large bowl until smooth.
  • Add the egg and continue beating until smooth.
  • Using a small food processor, add raisins and hot tap water. Process until finely chopped
  • Add apple butter to raisin mixture and process for an additional minute.
  • Fold apple butter and raisin mixtutre into egg, butter, and sugars mixture.
  • Mix in the flour mixture until just incorporated.
  • Pour into prepared loaf pan.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about an hour.
  • Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.