commentapple bread
i’ll be blunt: it’s freezing outside, and my kitchen doesn’t have heat. suffice to say, it’s not fun. so last sunday afternoon i was looking for any excuse to turn on the oven, but wanted something quick so i could start preheating immediately. my favorite standby is chocolate chip banana bread, but i had zero bananas. rumaging through the fridge, i discovered 2 granny smith apples in the fruit crisper (yes i have one of those). would it work? maybe, just maybe…
this recipe is so simple and perfect, i can’t believe i haven’t made it before.
remember the apple muffin recipe? and i’ve ready mentioned the banana bread recipe. take those two, subtract 3 bananas, and you can imagine how incredible the house will smell when you take this bread out of the oven, and how satisfying it is to devour with a mug of hot coffee.
i’m all about recipes that take little time and effort but still taste like your mom slaved over a hot stove in the kitchen all day. and honestly, at about 10 minutes from peeling and cutting apples to putting this bread in the oven, you have no excuse not to make a loaf or two tonight and give one to someone you love (or even just like). what are you waiting for? go now!
apple bread
adapted from my favorite banana bread recipe…8 Tbsp butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 apples (granny smith work very well)
2 Tbsp milk
1 tsp cinnamon
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
4-6 oz chopped walnuts (optional)1. peel and core the apples. dice into small cubes.
2. soften the butter and mix in the sugar. add in the eggs and and milk and mix completely.
3. combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a large bowl and add to the wet ingredients. mix in the apples. don’t overmix; just break up any large clumps of flour and get everything moist. lightly mix in the optional walnuts.
4. carefully pour into a greased and floured loaf pan and bake at 350 F for one hour. remove from oven and let rest in the loaf pan for 10 minutes before turning it out onto a wire rack to cool.
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While I don’t have the excuse of it being freezing outside here in sunny Australia, I’m definately going to make one of these tonight! It looks delicious
I love it over here, I want more people to find you!!! So I gave you an award over at our site. It was given to me, I changed it a little and now I’m passing it on. Thanks for all the great food you make!!
you have to be generous to bother so much, sharing all your great recipes. i’m an apple lover and definitely going to try this one.especially that it’s so user friendly! i’ll get back to you to give a post baking comment! thanx!
Hey, I just found your site. Good stuff! I’m glad to hear I’m not the only dude in Washington who’s hip to the baking! I’m hoping the GF will let me get the flour flying today while we watch all this presidential stuff! I’ll be a follower for sure! Thanks man!
I can only imagine that your kitchen must have smelled amazing! Now tell me… this bread has Zero calories, right?
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Hi Pete!
The apple bread looks great. And speaking of apples, and due to the fact that we have new neighbors as residents of DC (our new First Family), I wanted to send you a link to Michelle Obama’s recipe for Apple Cobbler:
http://www.yankeemagazine.com/recipes/search/onerecipe.php?number=12645
I haven’t tried it out yet, but I’d be interested in knowing your thoughts if you decide to bake one. Thanks, Doug
Great recipes! I used to be a professional baker, and so I have strong feelings about using icky non-food stuff like shortening in breads and crusts. So nice to see someone using traditional simple ingredients.
So, I’ve been trying out all kinds of recipes on this site. I finally made this today. I used 1 cup of yogurt in place of the butter. Maybe I should have only used half a cup. I also added nutmeg, cloves, ginger, and cardamom to the cinnamon; I know – overload. Either way, the bread is cooling now. I’m sure it’s going to be yummy because it smells soooo divine!
I gave this recipe a try and it was very good. I baked them as large muffins instead of bread so I could just pull one out and eat for breakfast. I only baked them for about 20 minutes in extra large muffin tins.
AWESOME Recipe, perfect way to use all those apples I have laying around and make my house smell amazing. I hope it turns out. Normally my dough is a lot more “loose” this was really a strong dough when it went into the pan. Thanks again!
This was THE best apple bread I’ve ever made or eaten, and I am so glad I stumbled upon your blog. I will be making the banana bread tomorrow (and maybe another apple bread since I don’t imagine it lasting very long). Thanks for sharing!
I have a TON of apples and have been looking for recipes to use them in all morning. This looks delicious!
Also, it’s nice to see a recipe that makes one loaf, as I only have one loaf pan and like to bake all at once when I can ^^
I plan on starting this recipe within the hour!
Keep up the baking!
Easy to make and bake! Really liked the bread.
i stumbled on here looking for an apple bread recipe. while it was in the oven i looked over some of your other recipes, they all seem so delish! i totally agree with you on the kitchen gadget thing you don’t really need them (although my wrists hurt very bad when i have mix by hand for too long or i bake everyday)! anyways, i really enjoyed this recipe, but i think next time i will be adding more cinnamon. all in all a winner in my book.
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Just about all fruit breads are so much better if you will make the sugar half white and half dark brown. You would not believe the difference it makes in zucchini bread. It adds this subtle richness. Trust me!