Apple Spice Bread

• 3 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• ¾ teaspoon baking powder
• ¾ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 ½ teaspoons Saigon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon allspice
• 3 eggs, at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ¾ cup milk
• ½ cup canola oil
• 1 large or 2 medium Cosmic Crisp apples, rinsed, cored, peeled and chopped

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray two 9x5-inch loaf pans with nonstick spray-with-flour. In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice.

In a medium bowl, whisk eggs with vanilla, milk and oil. Stir the egg mixture into the flour mixture to form a smooth batter. Stir in the chopped apple.

Divide the batter between the two loaf pans and bake 50 minutes or until a pick inserted into the center of the breads comes out clean. Cool breads 30 minutes, then remove them from the pans and cool completely.

Yield: 2 breads

Chef’s Note: If desired, whisk a small amount of milk into 1 ½ cups confectioners’ sugar to form a thick glaze. Drizzle over each loaf once the breads are cool.