Fresh Apple Loaf

Ingredients

4 tb honey
1/4 c butter
1 ts lemon peel
1 egg
1 1/2 c buttermilk
1 c pastry flour
3/4 c bread flour
1/2 ts salt
2 1/2 ts baking powder
1 ts cinnamon
1/2 ts baking soda
3/4 c wheat germ
1 apples

Instructions

Cream honey and butter together with a fork. Add lemon peel. Beat the egg and buttermilk. Sift flours, salt, baking powder, cinnamon and soda together; stir in 3/4 cup wheat germ. Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, avoiding lumps but do not overbeat. Add the apples and stir to combine. Fill a greased 8 by 4 inch loaf pan and sprinkle top with 1 tablespoon wheat germ. Bake for about an hour but check after 40 minutes. Recipe from the Laurel's Kitchen Bread Book. ----