Dutch Apple Bread

• 1.5 cups margarine or butter
• 3 cups sugar
• 6 eggs
• 1 Tablespoon vanilla
• 6 cups flour
• 1 Tablespoon baking soda
• 1.5 tsp. salt
• 1 cup orange juice
• 4 cups chopped apples
• 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla and beat well. Mix flour, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl. Add flour mixture, alternating with orange juice, to the egg mixture. Fold in apples and walnuts. Bake in greased loaf pans.

This batter makes 3 mini loaves and one regular-size loaf. Bake mini loaf pans at 350 degrees for 35 minutes and regular loaf pan at 350 degrees for 55 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.