Applesauce Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients

• 2 cups white sugar
• 1.5 cups applesauce
• 2 cups pumpkin puree
• 4 large eggs , beaten
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 0.5 teaspoons ground ginger
• 0.5 teaspoons ground cloves
• 0.25 teaspoons ground mace
• 0.5 cups chopped walnuts , Optional
• 0.5 cups semisweet chocolate chips , Optional
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.25 cups confectioners' sugar

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9x5-inch loaf pans.

2. 2

   Mix white sugar and applesauce together in a large bowl until well combined; stir in pumpkin puree and beaten eggs until smooth. Mix in baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, ginger, cloves, and mace until incorporated. Fold in walnuts and chocolate chips. Stir in flour until fully blended. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pans.

3. 3

   Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of each loaf comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

4. 4

   Sprinkle loaves with confectioners' sugar to serve.