Applesauce Bread

I made applesauce a couple days ago and had a lot leftover. The applesauce was tasty and sweet, but my family was skeptic about eating it. Mumbled and grumbled about being too healthy and about not wanting to eat babyfood. Anyways, in an attempt to finish up my homemade applesauce, I searched for recipes that called for applesauce and found Applesauce Bread. The overall outcome did not look as appealing as I hoped it to be, but the bread turned out really moist and tasty. It was a great snack and extremely healthy since there was no oil involved in the recipe. However, being an extremely picky eater, I didn't find the bread that appetizing and will not be making it in the future. Good luck to you applesauce bread!

Homemade Applesauce

Adapted from http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Applesauce-Bread-I/Detail.aspx

INGREDIENTS:

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 eggs
1/4 cups white sugar
1 1/4 cups applesauce
1 cup raisins

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup sour cream (or buttermilk)

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 x 5 inch loaf pans.

2. Beat together eggs and sugar.

3. Blend in applesauce, and then sour cream or buttermilk.

4. Mix in flour, baking powder, soda, and cinnamon in separate small bowl.

5. Stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients. Stir in raisins.

6. Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake for 80 minutes. Cool on wire racks.

Old-Fashioned Cupcakes

I just talked to a friend today on gchat. It was on my plan for next month to go visit her in Japan, but she told me today that Japan has become the 4th biggest country of concern for the Swine Flu. It's scary how this epidemic is spreading so rapidly.

At the same time, it reminds me of how I went travelling throughout China after the 1st SARS breakout and before the 2nd SARS breakout. I went to China around January after the 1st SARS breakout was calmed and all the locals starting settling back into their normal lives. After travelling to different areas of China, I rested awhile in BeiJing, and was just about to plan my next trip around the country when the 2nd Breakout broke out in Guanzhou some time in May. My mom freaked out on me, booked me a one-way ticket back home, and rushed me back to the States...

Seems a bit Dejavuuy to me since I'm now about to plan my trip to Japan and again to China when I am faced with another epidemic....

A shout out to my friend in Kyoto, Japan....wishing her good luck and a safe healthy return back to the States.....

Cupcakes for her....made from a recipe from Cheryl Day that was feature on Paula Deen's show.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/old-fashioned-cupcakes-recipe/index.html