Being blessed with several containers of applesauce,
I went in search of an easy applesauce cake or bread recipe.
I'm all about easy and quick recipes.
I like to know there's something yummy
baking in the oven
while I'm surfing the web or working
on my ever-growing
pile of laundry,
but I don't want to spend a lot of time
on a recipe with tons of ingredients
that I probably
don't have anyway.
...
Yesterday the girls and my hubby went sledding (again!)
and so I decided to use
up some of
the applesauce I'd been blessed with.
I thought it'd be nice to
come home to a warm house
smelling like sugar and cinnamon.
I found an easy recipe here
and tweaked it
according to my preferences.
The result was wonderful!
(That's right - no eggs!)
...
Quick. Simple. Easy.
Here's my tweaked version. Make it soon!
Glazed Applesauce Pecan Snack Cake
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
pecan pieces, optional
.
Preheat oven to 350º. Grease and flour a 9 inch square baking dish. In a medium bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, and salt. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Dissolve baking soda into applesauce and mix into creamed butter. Add flour mixture. Mix until smooth.
Pour batter into prepared dish. Sprinkle pecan pieces over cake batter. Bake at 350º for 30 -40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.
Glaze:
1 cup powdered sugar
1 T milk
2 T melted butter
.
Mix together and drizzle over slightly cooled cake.
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