• 1 cup dried apples
• 1 cup molasses
• ⅔ cup sour cream
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon cloves or allspice
• ½ teaspoon salt

• Place dried apples in a bowl and add cold water to cover.
• Refrigerate overnight, or at least 6 hours
• In the morning, drain, and chop finely on a cutting board.
• Place in a saucepan with molasses, and when it begins to simmer, cook for 20 minutes.
• Cool.
• Combine cream, sugar and egg and beat until smooth.
• Combine remaining ingredients and sift together several times.
• Beat in liquids to dry ingredients until smooth.
• Stir in fruit and molasses mixture.
• Pour into a buttered and floured 8 ¼ “by 4 ½ “loaf pan or equivalent, and bake in a preheated moderate (350F) oven for 1 hour.

This is a very tasty dessert. Dried apricots or prunes may be substituted for apples to add variety to the menu.