APPLE-RHUBARB BREAD

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Rhubarb is such a jewel that I freeze it to have all year. Here's how my mother used rhubarb - in an apple bread spiced with cinnamon. -Linda Tom, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Provided by Taste of Home

Time 1h5m

Yield 2 loaves (12 slices each).

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

4 large eggs
1-1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup canola oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
4-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1-1/2 cups chopped peeled apple
1-1/2 cups finely chopped fresh or frozen rhubarb, thawed
1 cup chopped walnuts

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, whisk eggs, sugar, oil and vanilla until blended. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Add to egg mixture; stir just until moistened. Fold in apples, rhubarb and walnuts., Transfer to two greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Bake 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool. Freeze option: Securely wrap and freeze cooled loaves in plastic wrap and foil. To use, thaw at room temperature.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 196 calories, Fat 9g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 31mg cholesterol, Sodium 186mg sodium, Carbohydrate 27g carbohydrate (14g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 3g protein.