Apple Quick Bread (or Muffins)

[cycler]

First let me say that I've always been a very, very fussy eater and after tasting what passes for baked goods for the gluten challenged I'd been resigned to eating a very limited diet. (I always baked a lot before diagnosis but I'm older now and I'm really lazy when it comes to using a lot of ingredients in what I bake.)

But - after reading this board I've been experimenting using my existing simple recipes and I was really wonderfully shocked today when I tasted the results.

I used this recipe for Apple Quick Bread (Quick Breads don't use yeast and I did it as muffins because I need to buy a loaf pan) and it really was indistinguishable from the real thing. I just used the Arrowhead All Purpose Flour instead of the flour and I use margerine instead of oil. I also did a smaller batch (I divided the recipe by 3) because I wanted to see how it was before baking a bigger batch.

The recipe -

Apple Quick Bread

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

3 large eggs

1 cup vegetable oil

2 cups granulated sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

3 cups diced apples

1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 325*F (160*C). Grease two 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pans; set aside.

In medium bowl combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt; set aside.

In mixing bowl beat the eggs, oil, sugar and vanilla together, mixing well. Stir in flour mixture until just mixed. Fold in apples and walnuts and spoon into prepared loaf pans.

Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until tested done when wooden pick inserted in center of loaf comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in the pans before removing to cool on wire racks. Wrap tightly to store.

Makes 2 loaves.

This is the best thing that I've eaten in ages - it's closer to a desert than bread and the next time I'm going to add raisins.

[RiceGuy]

As I need to avoid yeast, this is closer to what I would need to do. Now I just have to figure out how to replace the sugar and the eggs while maintaining the proper consistency...