Yummy Applesauce Bread

Ingredients

• 1 cup apple sauce 
• 0.5 teaspoon double-acting baking powder 
• 1 teaspoon baking soda 
• 1.3 cups brown sugar packed
• 1.5 tablespoons cider vinegar 
• 2 cups flour all-purpose
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 
• 0.5 teaspoon nutmeg 
• 0.7 cup pecans 
• 0.5 teaspoon salt 
• 0.3 cup vegetable oil 
• 0.3 cup water 

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• baking sheet
• oven
• wire rack
• loaf pan
• toothpicks

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
2. Spread pecans in a single layer on a baking sheet.
3. Bake pecans in the preheated oven until golden, 5 to 7 minutes.
4. Remove pecans from oven and reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
5. Mix flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, nutmeg, and salt together in a large bowl. Stir applesauce, water, vegetable oil, and vinegar together in a separate bowl. Stir applesauce mixture into flour mixture until just combined; fold in pecans.
6. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
7. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Cool bread in the pan for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.