The Most Moist Apple Walnut Raisin Bread Recipe You’ll Find

Get your apple a day in this yummy moist quick bread. It is delicious warm from the oven as a healthy snack or smeared with cream cheese for breakfast. It is a favorite in our house.

1 1/2 cup of diced apples. I use organic and leave the skin intact
1 cup applesauce (adds moisture and more apple flavor)
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup oil
2 eggs
1/3 cup plain yogurt
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups flour
1 teaspon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinamon
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 cup raisins
1/2 cup walnuts – chopped

Mix eggs, oil, applesauce, sugar, brown sugar, yogurt and vanilla in a large bowl.
Mix dry incredients in a separate bowl.
Pour the wet incredients into the dry ones and mix.
Fold in the apples, raisins, and walnuts.
Pour batter into a 9×5 greased loaf pan.
Cook at 350 degrees for 50 minutes or when toothpick comes out clean.

Enjoy. This makes a delightfully different bread that everyone will love.

If you like this recipe, you might also like to try our easy and healthy Banana Nut Bread recipe. It was my mom’s and is another favorite. I keep a loaf or two in the freezer so I can have it handy when unexpected guests drop by. Its also treat with ice cream.

An Old Favorite Regains Popularity

After experimenting with Teflon, anodized aluminum, and stainless steel, many cooks are tossing the expensive, high-tech stuff in favor of an old standby: cast iron.

The cast iron skillet
is relatively inexpensive, healthy, and almost indestructible. Even better, well-seasoned cast iron has a slick, almost Teflon-like coating – but without the health concerns now swirling around Teflon.

If you’re wondering how to season cast iron, cook in it, or how to care for the skillets you inherited, read on. Cooking with and caring for cast iron is easier than you think.
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By: Alexine

Do you have some over-ripe bananas that you are about to throw away? Or kids that much down food the minute they walk into the door after school?

I have the perfect solution! Bake some delicious Monkey Bread Muffins. They are healthier than most sweet snacks and simply irresistible.

Keep reading to get the recipe with my special tips on how to make these yummy muffins!
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Healthy Banana Nut Bread Recipe That Is So Easy You’ll Make It Over and Over Again

Cooler weather makes me think of baking and home-made banana nut bread is one of my all time favorites. Here’s my mom’s famous banana nut bread recipe that I’ll share with you. My mom used to make several at once and we would wrap up the extra ones and freeze them for later. This recipe is the best from scratch banana nut recipe I’ve tried. The secret is beating the egg whites separately until they are fluffy. It’s worth the extra step.

Banana Nut Bread Recipe

Ingredient List

1/2 cup Butter
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 egg yolks (put whites in a separate bowl for mixing later)
3 mashed bananas (the more ripe they are the sweeter the bread)
4 TBSP buttermilk
1 TSP Vanilla (sometimes I add a little extra)
1 2/3 cup flour
1 tsp soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup nuts

Cream the butter and sugar in a large bowl. Add egg yolks, bananas, buttermilk, and vanilla. Mix.

In a separate bowl beat the egg whites until they are stiff. Set aside.

Add the dry ingredients to the main mixture and mix. Now fold in the egg whites and the nuts.

Grease and lightly flour a loaf pan and pour the batter into the pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for 45-60 minutes (depends on pan). 25 min for mini loaf pans.

Happy Eating! My mom would be pleased her banana nut recipe lives on. It is a source of yummy memories for all my family. We often make a number of loaves and freeze them and then give them away during the holiday season. Do you know anyone who doesn’t love banana bread?

If you like fruit recipes, you might also try the mixed berry pie recipe. It is delicious, easy to make, and very healthful.