Quick and easy apricot bread
2 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | cups | Sifted flour |
| 2 | tablespoons | Baking soda |
| 1 | pounds | Dried apricots; cut in small pieces |
| 2 | cups | Water |
| 2 | cups | Sugar |
| ¾ | cup | Shortening |
| 1 | teaspoon | Ground cinnamon |
| 1 | teaspoon | Ground cloves |
| ½ | teaspoon | Ground nutmeg |
| 1 | teaspoon | Salt |
| 2 | Eggs; beaten | |
Directions
Sift flour with baking soda; set aside. Cook apricots with water, sugar, shortening, spices and salt for 5 minutes. Cool apricot mixture.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Add eggs to sifted dry ingredients to cooled apricot mixture. Pour mixture into 2 greased 5x9 inch loaf pans. Bake in oven for 1hour. Makes 2 loaves. Recipe by: Home Cooking July 1996 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #731 by L979@... on Aug 9, 1997