Applesauce Spice Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 egg
1 cup applesauce
4 tablespoons butter or 4 tablespoons margarine, melted
1/2 cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
1/2 cup currants or 1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup pecans, chopped

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F Line the bottom and sides of a 9\"x5\" loaf pan with waxed paper and grease.
Break the egg into a bowl and beat lightly. Stir in the apple sauce, butter or margarine, brown sugar and granulated sugar.
In another bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Fold the dry ingredients into the applesauce mixture in three batches.
Stir in the currants or raisins and chopped pecans.
Pour into the prepared pan and bake for about 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Let stand for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool. (Note: in my oven, it took only about 45 minutes to finish).