Anonymous Fri Oct 07 16:49:43 2005

15 oz Apple rings, spiced

1/4 c Sugar, brown; firmly packed

1/4 ts Ginger, ground

1/4 ts Cinnamon, ground

1/4 ts Nutmeg, ground

1/4 c Butter (or marg.); softened

1 c Sugar

2 Eggs

1 ts Vanilla extract

2-1/2 c Flour, all-purpose

1 tb Baking powder

1 ts Salt

1 ts Cinnamon, ground

3/4 c Milk

1/2 c Walnuts, chopped

Remove peel from apple rings; thoroughly mash rings with a fork. Combine apple, brown

sugar, ginger, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, and nutmeg; stir well. Set aside. Combine butter

and sugar; cream well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in

vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Stir 1/3 flour

mixture into creamed mixture until blended. Add half of milk to creamed mixture; stir until

blended. Repeat procedure, ending with dry ingredients. Stir in nuts. Pour a third of batter

into a greased and floured 9x5x3inch loafpan; spread 1/3 apple mixture over batter. Repeat

procedure twice, ending with apple mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 60 minutes. Cool in

pan 10 minutes; turn out on wire rack. SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, sometime in

1979. Typos by Nancy Coleman.