Mary's Apple Bread
  

Ingredients

1 cup + 3 Tbsp sugar 1/2 c butter 2 eggs 1/2 tsp vanilla 1 1/2 Tbsp buttermilk (sour milk) 1 1/2 cups grated apples 2 cups flour 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp cinnamon Additional 1 tsp cinnamon and 1/2 cup sugar for topping, if desired.

Make a double batch and give some away as gifts - this bread freezes very well!

Directions

1. Cream butter, sugar.
2. Beat in eggs, vanilla, and buttermilk.
3. Add grated apples and mix.
4. Mix dry ingredients and add to wet ingredients a little at a time.
5. Fill greased and floured loaf pans just over 3/4 full. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar mixture if desired.
6. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
7. Cool for 10 minutes on wire rack before removing from pan. Freezes well!