• Measure all ingredients.
• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Spray a 4 x 8" loaf pan with cooking spray and line with parchment paper.
  
• Peel, core and grate apples with a food processor or a grater.
  
• Place apples in a mixing bowl and add the sugar, brown sugar, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon and stir to coat. Set aside for 10 minutes.
  
• In a separate mixing bowl, whisk or sift together the flour, soda, and salt.
• Add oil, eggs, and vanilla to the apple mixture and stir until well blended.
  
• Stir in the flour mixture into the apple mixture a little at a time until the flour mixture disappears, and being careful to not overmix.
  
• Fold in the chopped nuts, if desired.
• Pour batter into the pan and then top with the glazed nut topping, if desired.
  
• Add to a center rack in a preheated 350° oven for 60 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean.

  NOTE: If bread is browning too quickly midway through baking, cover with aluminum foil.
  
• Let the bread cool on a wire rack for about 10 minutes before lifting the loaf from the pan with the parchment paper, for ease in removing it.
  
• Optional, dust with powdered sugar.
• Serve warm with whipped cream to make it even more decadent.

Glazed Nut Topping

• If desired, preheat a dry skillet to medium heat and add the topping ingredients into the pan- nuts, brown sugar, and maple syrup.
  
• Stir until nuts are toasted and syrup is caramelized.
• Pour out onto parchment paper and sprinkle with the salt and rough chop.

  Leave to cool until ready to add them to the top of the bread batter before baking.