Shelly's Recipe

GLAZED APPLE BREAD

Category: Quick Breads

1/2 cup canola oil
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 large egg
2 cup sifted unbleached flour
1/2 tsp cinnamon and salt
2 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp milk
1/2 cup raisins
2 large apples finely chopped (Use good baking apples.)
1/2 cup walnuts chopped
Glaze
1/2 cup powdered sugar, sifted
1 tbsp water
2 tbsp melted butter

Combine oil, sugar, and vanilla. Cream until light and fluffy. Add egg and beat well. Sift together flour, cinnamon, salt, and baking powder. Add milk, raisins, apples, nuts, and dry ingredients to mixture and stir only until flour is well dampened. Bake in well-greased 9x5x4 inch loaf pan at 350. for 50 to 60 minutes. Cool; remove from pan. Combine glaze ingredients; mix well and pour over loaf. Let glaze set before wrapping loaf tightly. Best if made day prior to serving.