Beatrice Koss's recipe, handed down from her Bubbe, scents the air with the sweet aromas of a festive New Year celebration.
Ingredients
3 eggs
1/4 cup oil
1/4 cup shortening
1/2 orange, juice and grated rind
3/4 cup honey
1 cup sugar
1 apple, coarsely grated
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
pinch of salt
1 cup double-strength brewed coffee
chopped nuts for garnish
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OPTIONAL MIX-INS:
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1/2 cup raisins
Directions
Yield: 1 loaf
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Mix eggs, oil, and shortening. Add juice, rind, honey, sugar, and apple.
- Sift dry ingredients. Add dry ingredients alternately with coffee to apple mixture.
- If desired, add nutmeg, cloves, raisins, and nuts.
- Pour into well-greased pan. Sprinkle with chopped nuts on top.
- Bake for one hour.
Reprinted with permission from Palate Pleasers by the former Women's Auxiliary of Hebrew SeniorLife (then Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged in Boston).
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Serving Size
1 loaf
