Whole Wheat Apricot Bread

This is a big first for me...
I have never posted anything cooking related on this blog.

Marty from A Stroll Thru Life is cohosting a Holiday Baking Party today, and I couldn't resist joining along.  I think it was this photo that got me.

Here goes...

I am sharing a recipe for Whole Wheat Apricot Bread that I got from my mom.  She was (and still is) a June Cleaver mom.  Things like this were waiting for us when we got home from school.

Ingredients:                                           

3/4 cup water

1/2 cup dried apricots, snipped

1/2 cup raisins

1 1/2 cup whole wheat flour

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

2 lightly beaten eggs

1/4 cup butter or margarine melted

1 tsp. vanilla

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

In a medium saucepan, combine water, apricots, and raisins.  Bring to boiling; remove from heat. Cool.

Do not drain.

In a large mixing bowl, stir together flour, sugars, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

Stir in the apricot mixture, eggs, butter, and vanilla.

Fold in walnuts.

Turn into a greased 9x3x5 inch loaf pan. (This is what the recipe calls for, but it seems too big.)

Bake in a 350 degree oven for 40 to 45 minutes.  (I used a convection oven at 325 for 35 min.)

Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes; remove from pan. Cool.

Yum!

Hope you're having a great week!

Eilis

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