Delicious Apple Bread

What’s more inviting than baking a delicious loaf of apple bread that leaves the aroma of all the fall spices throughout your home?

Then when you add a slice of that warm apple bread with coffee or afternoon tea? The warmth of the season soothes even the most difficult of days.

Last fall I shared this recipe with all of the VUE magazine readers. As apples began overflowing with creating favorite apple recipes this week, I remembered that I hadn’t shared it here on the blog.

Well, that can’t happen! Right?

So, here we go!

Fall’s BEST Apple Bread

All of the flavors of the season–ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon–mixed with grated apples, nuts and a bread mixture that will provide the perfect brunch or gathering option when guests have their feet under your table.

Apple Bread

A great fall bread that marries the flavors of apples with seasonal spices to create a delicious bread.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr

10 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 25 minutes mins

Course bread, Breakfast, brunch, Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 1 loaf

Equipment

• 1 grater
• 1 set Measuring cups/spoons
• 1 Mixing bowl
• 1 4 x 8" loaf pan
• 1 oven
• 1 Skillet
• 1 knife and cutting board

Ingredients

  

• 2 large baking apples- peeled, cored, and grated
• 2 T sugar
• 1/2 C brown sugar
• 1/4 t freshly grated nutmeg, or ground nutmeg
• 1 1/2 t cinnamon
• 1 1/2 C plain flour
• 1 t baking soda
• 1/4 t salt
• 1/4 C vegetable or canola oil
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 1 t vanilla
• 3/4 C chopped walnuts or pecans
• Powdered sugar or whipped cream for topping

Glazed Nuts Topping

• 1/2 C walnuts or pecans, chopped
• 1 T brown sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 T maple syrup

Instructions

 

• 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.

Notes

A delicious apple bread that provides all of the seasonal flavors to welcome those who have their feet under your table. 

A simple cup of coffee with a slice is perfect for brunch or afternoon get togethers. 

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Extra apples?

Make extra loaves of this apple bread and add them to your freezer to have the next time you need a great menu item for cold fall and winter mornings.

I promise your guests will love you AND this recipe!

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If you need more apple recipes…here you go!

• applesauce
• fried apples
• apple dumplings
• apple jam

Hope you make the best use of fall apples before they are gone!

There’s simply nothing like their flavors to produce great recipes for those you love.

If you have other apple favorites…won’t you share them with me in the comments?

I’m loving all things apple this week.

Have a great week. Thanks for joining me at the table today,

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