Grandma Johnson’s Chocolate Chip Bread

By Arleen Taft Johnson

• 2 c margarine
• 4 c sugar
• 6 c applesauce
• 4 eggs
• 10 c flour
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 3 tsp cloves
• 3 tsp cinnamon
• 2 tsp nutmeg
• 4 tsp baking powder
• 1 lb raisins
• 1 lb chopped walnuts
• 4 tsp baking soda dissolved in 1/4 c warm water
• 4 pkg (12 oz) milk chocolate chips

Cream the butter and sugar.  Add eggs.  Mix well.  Add dry ingredients sifted together alternately with the applesauce.  Add soda mixture, fruit, and nuts.  Mix well.  Put in greased pans.
Bake for 2 hours at 275 degrees.
Yields 6 loaves.