Apple Bread

Ingredients:

• 1/2 c. butter   
• 1 c. sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 c. flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 2 c. chopped apples

Topping Ingredients:

• 4 tbsp. flour
• 4tbsp. sugar
• 2 tbsp. butter
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Instructions:

1. Heat oven to 350.
2. Cream butter, sugar, and eggs. Stir in remaining ingredients
3. Pour into 2 greased loaf pans.
4. Combine ingredients, working into butter until crumbles form.
5. Sprinkle over batter in pans.
6. Bake for 50 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

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My mother used to make this apple bread ( and banana bread, too) all the time while I was growing up. It's beyond easy to make and easily makes your house smell like home-made apple pie. Yum!