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11/20/08 4:48 P

Three-Way Apple Raisin Bread
Make A Joyful Table p.291
freezer friendly

If you enjoy baking for the holidays and giving your breads and cookies as gifts, I hope you'll give this wonderful apple bread a try. The scent of apples and spice fulling your kitchen creates such a happy atmossphere, you'll probably end up making more than you can possibly give away! Lucky for you, this bread freezes will and tastes even better the next day.

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 (4-serving) package jello sugar-free instand cvanilla pudding mix
1/4 cup Brown Sugar Twin
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon apple pie spice
1/4 cup raisins
1 cup (2small) cored, peeled, and finely chopped cooking apples
3/4 cup unsweetened apple juice
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 egg or equivalent in egg substitute
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preaheat oven to 325. Spray a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with butter-flavored cooking spray. In a large bowl, combine flour, dry pudding mix, brown Sugar Twin, baking powder, baking soda, and apple pie spice. Stir in apples and raisins. In a small bowl, combine apple juice, applsauce, egg and vanilla extract. Add liquid mixture to dry mixture. Mix gently just to combine. Spoon battter into prepared loaf pan, Bake for 50 to 60 minuites or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Place loaf pan on a wire rack and let set for 10 minutes. Remove bread from pan and and contine cooling on a wire rack. Cut into 8 thick or 16 thin slices.


Serves 8 (1 thick oe 2 thin slices) - each serving equals:
HE: 1 Br, 34 Fr, 1/4 Sl, 3 OC
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141 cal, 1g Fa, 3g Pr, 30g Carb, 253mg So, 12mg Ca, 1g Fi
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Diabetic: 1 starch, 1 fruit

current weight: 134.0

199 180.25 161.5 142.75

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