bibliosylph's Apple Bread

This recipe is from Better Homes & Gardens, but I made a couple of changes. There are other good apple bread recipes that have nuts, orange juice, orange peel, and other stuff in them. But I've stuck with this simple one because I always have all the ingredients. I usually use Golden Delicious apples, but you can use others. The best ones for this recipe are medium crisp and medium-sweet, with a thin skin that's easy to peel.

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon baking powder

3 eggs, beaten
3 cups shredded, peeled cooking apples (about 4 medium)
2 cups sugar
2/3 cup cooking oil

Directions

Grease and flour two 8x4x2-inch baking pans. (I actually use one 9x7x2.5 instead.) Set aside. In a medium bowl combine flour, soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and baking powder; set aside.

In a large bowl combine eggs, apples, sugar, oil, and vanilla. Stir in flour mixture just until moistened. Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake in a 325 degree F oven for 45 to 55 minutes (the larger pan will take around an hour) or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes.

Remove from pans. Cool on wire racks. Wrap and store overnight before slicing.

You don't have to wait til the next day to cut it. You should wait at least a couple of hours. If you don't, though, it's no big deal; it just won't slice neatly. At all. :-).