I found this in a magazine when I was in college.

Apple Bread

1 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 to 2 1/2 cups chopped apples

Grease and flour bottoms and 1/2″ up the sides of 2 loaf pans (see tips).

Mix oil, eggs, sugar and vanilla.  In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt.  Add to wet ingredients.  Batter will be thick and sticky.  Stir in chopped apples.

Pour into 2 prepared pans, bake at 350 for 1 hour or until done.

When baking quick breads, only grease / flour the pans on the bottom and about 1/2″ up the sides.  If the entire side of the pan is greased, the batter “climbs” up the sides faster than the middle, creating little walls that fall over onto the top of your bread and make it less than presentable looking.

This is my grandmother’s recipe and I think it’s one of my all-time favorite comfort foods!

Pumpkin Bread

4 eggs
3 cups sugar
1 can (14.5 oz) pumpkin (not pie filling)
1 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
3 1/3 cups all purpose flour
2/3 cup water with 2 tsp. baking soda dissolved in it
1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)

Prepare 3 loaf pans by greasing and flouring bottom and only 1/2″ up the sides of the pans (see tips).

In large mixing bowl, add eggs, sugar and pumpkin, mix until combined.  Add oil and seasonings, mix well.  Gradually add flour until all combined and smooth.  Slowly add water (mix on low setting so it doesn’t slosh out).  Stir in nuts if desired.

Pour in pans, bake at 350 for 1 hr (check at 50 min. if your oven runs hot), or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.