Fresh Apple Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
8 tablespoons butter, softened
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups finely grated peeled apples
1/2 cup chopped pecans or 1/2 cup walnuts

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 9-inch loaf pan.
Mix the dry ingredients together and set aside.
Cream the butter and sugar together in a large bowl until fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Stir in the dry ingredients, then add the apple and pecans.
Bake for 1 hour or until a wooden toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out on a rack.
Cool before slicing.