Pumpkin Apple Bread

Very moist bread with a nice, subtly sweet pumpkin-apple flavor. Makes 2 9x5" loaves.

Ingredients:
3 cups all-purpose flour
2-3/4 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp allspice
1/2 tsp nutmeg
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup granulated sugar
1 c light brown sugar, packed
4 large eggs
1 cup apple butter
1 (15 oz) can 100% pumpkin (NOT pumpkin pie filling)
1/2 cup apple cider or water (I used water, apple cider would probably taste great!)
2 cups diced apples (~1/2" cubes)

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. In a medium-sized bowl, combine flour, spices, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt.
3. In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar, brown sugar, eggs, apple butter, pumpkin, and water. Mix until just combined.
4. Add the flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture and beat until just combined. Make sure not to overmix or the batter will become tough.
5.Gently fold the apples into the batter.
6. Pour into two well-greased 9x5" loaf pans.
7. Bake for about one hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
8. Remove from the oven and place on a wire rack. Let the loaves sit for 10 minutes in the pan, then remove them from the pan and let them cool completely.

Notes:
-You can use pumpkin pie spice in place of the spices; instead of all the different spices, just add 1 tbsp pumpkin pie spice and 1 tsp cinnamon.
-You can also make this into 6 mini-loaves, or 1 large loaf and 3 mini-loaves. Bake mini-loaves at the same temperature for about 40-45 minutes.