This is fairly easy to make, and it bakes in about 45 minutes. This is the first bread I've made without using a recipe. I wanted to make something new, sweet, and carby so I looked around my kitchen for ingredients that would work well together in a bread. I'm happy with the results (and how it smelled up the apartment with a pleasant wintery/fall scent), Jose thinks there should be nuts, but I wasn't feeling very nutty yesterday--which is surprising considering how much I was cooking/baking :D. Anyway, this bread is very moist and falls apart if you try serving it right out of the oven without letting it cool for about 20 minutes...I was impatient, so that's how I found this out :). It's a good idea to store it in the fridge, both as a way of helping it cool and keep.
Harvest bread recipe:
1 1/4 cups flour
3/4 cups brown sugar
3/4 cups sugar
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 3/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 1/2 TBSP sour cream
2 TBSP butter
2 TBSP canola oil
2 TBSP apple butter
2/3 cups unsweetened apple sauce
1/2 cup raisins
1 medium fuji apple, chopped (about 1 1/4 cup)
2 eggs
I baked this in a bread pan for 45 minutes (in the pre-heated 350 degree oven). I also made sure to cover the pan with foil for the first 30 minutes, then let it bake uncovered for the last 15. While it was baking, I made a glaze which includes simmering the following ingredients together in a sauce pan for a few minutes (about 5):
1 TBSP butter
3 TBSP apple butter
3-4 TBSP apple juice
1 1/2 TBSP brown sugar
2 TBSP powdered sugar
After the bread cooled, I covered it with this glaze...then we ate it :).
Further reading: BBC Good Food baking guidance.