Apple Butter Bread

Yield: 1 loaf (9 servings)

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 cup apple butter
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Instructions

1. Cream butter and brown sugar; add egg to mixture, and beat well.
2. Combine buttermilk and baking soda.
3. Combine flour and spices; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with flour.
4. Stir in apple butter and chopped pecans.
5. Pour into greased 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan.
6. Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour and 5 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
7. Cool in pan 5 minutes; remove to wire rack, and cool completely.

Nutrition

Per serving: 411 Calories; 16g Fat (33.7% calories from fat); 5g Protein; 65g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 49mg Cholesterol; 422mg Sodium

Exchanges: 1 1/2 Grain (Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 3 Fat; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrates