Amazing Apple Bread

This amazing Apple Bread is the most delicious taste of fall. With the flavors and warmth of sweet baked apples and cinnamon, it will fill your home with fragrance as it bakes! 

Have you been apple picking yet this year? If you’re like us, you have more apples than you know what to do with by mid-September.

I’m taking advantage of the flavors of fall and incorporating them into all of my recipes! This Apple Bread is fragrant, moist and delicious.

Even better, it’s SO easy and made with just a few simple ingredients you already have on hand!

I am a bit of a quick bread devotee, or a connoisseur if you will. I’ve shared countless quick bread recipes, including a classic sweet bread, apple cinnamon bread and brown sugar bread that have been baked over a million times. I’ve got a quick bread guide that will walk you through each and every recipe in my line-up, along with tips and tricks to enhance your baking experience!

Apple Bread is an incredibly moist quick bread, because the moisture from the apples bakes right into the loaf, creating a spongy texture you’ll crave! It’s swirled with delicious cinnamon and sugar for added fall flavor.

This apple cinnamon loaf is an easy made from scratch quick bread without yeast! It’s foolproof and takes just 10 minutes from mixer to oven – not to mention that it requires just pantry staple ingredients.

How is that for easy?

It yields six mini loaves (or 2 1 pound loaves), making it great for both indulging and gifting! It has a tender crumb and can be served for breakfast, snack or dessert! No judgement here!

It remains fresh for days making it perfect for entertaining as well. I love whipping up a few loaves before friends come to visit. It’s so amazing straight out of the oven but as I mentioned before, stays fresh for days!

It’s so good we don’t even talk about the calories in Apple Bread. As it bakes it fills your home with the most amazing around and doubles as potpourri.

How to Make Apple Bread

1. Prep – Preheat oven and grease loaf pans.
2. Combine Dry Ingredients

   

3. Combine Wet Ingredients (in a separate mixing bowl)

   

4. Combine – Incorporate dry mixture into wet mixture until just combined. 
   

   

5. Pour into greased loaf pans.

   

6. Add Apple Mixture – Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar topping mixture onto the loaf to give your Sweet Bread that delicious, moist fall flavor.

   

7. Bake! It’s SO easy!

No bread machine required! It’s as simple as mixing, baking and enjoying!

Tips

Alternative Baking Ideas

• Large Loaves – Don’t want 6 miniature loaves? You can also make this Sweet Bread recipe in 2 – 1 pound loaf pans or cut the recipe in half for just 1 loaf pan and bake 50 minutes or until it passes the toothpick test.
• Make Muffins – If you prefer to make them into muffins, just grease miniature muffin tins and fill each to 2/3 full. Bake 12 minutes.
• Make it Ornate – Alternatively, you can also bake it in an ornate loaf pan with the same minimal effort!

To Store

• At Room Temperature – Store quick bread in a sealed plastic bag or covered in saran wrap at room temperature for up to 2 days.
• Refrigerate – Store in an airtight container refrigerated up to 5 days.
• Freeze – Freeze loaves or slices by wrapping them tightly in heavy foil or plastic wrap. Then place them in freezer bags (I like to do at least 2 to prevent freezer odors from seeping in), and freeze for up to 3 months. Bring to room temperature on a countertop or allow to thaw overnight in the refrigerator. Slice and serve to enjoy. You can even warm it up to get that just out of the oven flavor!

Gifting

During the holidays, Michael’s offers miniature ceramic loaf pans for just $1. I always stock up on them in white to use throughout the year. They are more durable than paper loaf pans and make a beautiful gift.

To gift apple bread, you can use six miniature loaf pans when you make this apple cinnamon loaf. 

This recipe yields six pretty little loaves, if you’re willing to share!

Once they cool, you can wrap with a ribbon or in cellophane.

For more presentation ideas you can get your copy of my 10 Easy Sweet Bread Ebook here.

Are you loving the fall flavor of apple everything as much as we are? You need to check out my detailed apple baking guide– it’s full of tips, tricks and the BEST apple treats! 

Need help with baking conversions? Check out my Essential Measurement Conversion Chart.

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Apple Bread

Author: Julie Blanner

This apple cinnamon bread recipe yields 6 mini loaves, making it great for both indulging and gifting! It’s a foolproof no yeast quickbread that takes just 10 minutes from mixer to oven requires only staple ingredients. How is that for easy fall flavor?

4.94 from 30 votes

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 40 mins

Total Time 50 mins

Course Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 48

Calories 118 kcal

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Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 2 cups sugar
• ▢ 4 cups flour
• ▢ 2 tablespoons baking powder
• ▢ 1 teaspoon salt
• ▢ 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• ▢ 2 eggs
• ▢ 2 cups milk
• ▢ 2/3 cup vegetable oil
• ▢ 1 large apple diced and peeled

Topping:

• ▢ 2/3 cup sugar
• ▢ 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine sugar, flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
• Beat eggs, milk and oil until just combined.
• Gradually add dry mixture to wet until just moist.
• Add apple and cinnamon.
• Grease baking dishes and pour mixture an inch below to the top to compensate for rise.
• Combine cinnamon and sugar.
• Spoon topping onto each loaf and swirl in with a knife.
• Bake 40 minutes or until a toothpick comes clean.

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Notes

Substitutions

• Milk – Whatever you have on hand from skim to whole milk, even almond milk to make it dairy free. 
• Vegetable Oil – Canola oil or melted butter can be used in a pinch.
• Cinnamon – it’s the ultimate yin to the yang of apples! Don’t skimp on ground 
• Apples – Jonagold, Braeburn

Variations

• Add a Glaze – Drizzle or cover in Basic Glaze, Cream Cheese Glaze or Apple Pie Glaze to turn this quick bread into the ultimate dessert! You can even drizzle it with a little Salted Caramel Sauce.
• Add Nuts – Candied Nuts, walnuts or pecans are a delicious addition.
• Add a Topping – Simply combine cinnamon, brown sugar, flour and butter until crumbly and add just before baking.
• Make it Healthier –Replace half the oil with unsweetened apple sauce and eliminate the cinnamon sugar mixture on top.

Alternative Baking Ideas

• Large Loaves – Don’t want 6 miniature loaves? You can also make this Sweet Bread recipe in 2 – 1 pound loaf pans or cut the recipe in half for just 1 loaf pan and bake 50 minutes or until it passes the toothpick test.
• Make Muffins – If you prefer to make them into muffins, just grease miniature muffin tins and fill each to 2/3 full. Bake 12 minutes.
• Make it Ornate – Alternatively, you can also bake it in an ornate loaf pan with the same minimal effort!

To Store

• At Room Temperature – Store quick bread in a sealed plastic bag or covered in saran wrap at room temperature for up to 2 days.
• Refrigerate – Store in an airtight container refrigerated up to 5 days.
• Freeze – Freeze loaves or slices by wrapping them tightly in heavy foil or plastic wrap. Then place them in freezer bags (I like to do at least 2 to prevent freezer odors from seeping in), and freeze for up to 3 months. Bring to room temperature on a countertop or allow to thaw overnight in the refrigerator. Slice and serve to enjoy. You can even warm it up to get that just out of the oven flavor!

Nutrition

Calories:118kcalCarbohydrates:20gProtein:1gFat:3gSaturated Fat:2gCholesterol:7mgSodium:56mgPotassium:81mgSugar:12gVitamin A:30IUVitamin C:0.2mgCalcium:38mgIron:0.6mg

4.94 from 30 votes

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