Apple Coffee Can Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 medium-size cooking apples
2 cups sugar
1 cup coarsely chopped pecans
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
Grease and flour three 1-pound coffee cans.
Tie a double band of aluminum foil around the cans to extend 2 inches above the edges of the cans.
Grease the foil.
Peel, core, and finely dice the apples.
Place in a large bowl and mix with the sugar and pecans.
Sift in the flour, baking soda, and spices.
Mix well.
Melt the butter in a small saucepan and stir in the vanilla.
Lightly beat the eggs.
Stir the eggs and butter into the apple mixture.
Spoon the batter into the cans and bake for 1 1/4 hours or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
Cool in the cans for 10 minutes; remove to a wire rack to finish cooling.