Amazing Apple Bread

I know, I know, this blog is filling up with apple recipes. But 'tis the season and this bread is SOOOO good, that I had to add it. My friend, Julie, found this on the internet, but I reduced the amount of sugar, substituted some whole wheat flour and increased the amount of cinnamon. You seriously will want to eat an entire loaf all by yourself.

1 cup oil

3 eggs

1 1/2 cups sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

3 cups apples, peeled and diced

3 cups all-purpose flour (I substituted 1 1/2 cups whole wheat and 1 1/2 cups white flour)

2 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. ginger

1/4 tsp. cloves

1/2 tsp. nutmeg

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

1 cup chopped nuts, toasted (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
2. Combine the oil, eggs, sugar and vanilla in a large mixing bowl and set aside.
3. Combine flour, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, baking soda and salt. Whisk gently to break up any lumps in the flour.
4. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the oil mixture.
5. Blend in apples and nuts.
6. Pour into 4 mini loaf pans or 2 large loaf pans. Bake for approximately 1 hour. (It may take longer, so check them before taking out of the oven.) Cool in the pans for 10 minutes. Then cool on a rack.