Let’s kick off the fall baking season with this flavorful and delicious Apple Cinnamon Bread!
It’s still quite warm here in California, but I’m ready for fall baking and this loaf bread was the perfect kick off!
Apples, cinnamon and sugar… flavors that are delicious all year round, but seem extra perfect for fall.
And even if I’m still running the air conditioner… the fragrance in my house while this cake was baking was pure fall!
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This recipe starts with a simple vanilla cake base and then gets a generous helping of fresh apples, cinnamon and sugar.
As with most every recipe that comes out of my kitchen, this loaf cake includes one of my favorite kitchen staples, Challenge Butter.
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Apple Cinnamon Bread Recipe
Apple Cinnamon Bread
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 cup unsalted Challenge butter 1 stick, room temperature
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt omit if using salted butter
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 large apple peeled and finely chopped (about 1 1/4 cups chopped) - I used Granny Smith
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Grease and flour a 9" x 5" loaf pan, and/or line with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar and cinnamon, and set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat butter until smooth, then add white sugar and continue to blend until fully incorporated.
- Add eggs and vanilla and blend until well combined.
- Slowly add flour, baking powder, salt and then milk, and blend just until all ingredients are well combined. Do not over-mix.
- Pour HALF of the batter into the prepared pan.
- Top batter with half of the diced apples, and half of the cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Press apples and cinnamon sugar into the batter just a bit (with the back of a large spoon).
- Pour the remaining batter on top of the apple layer (spread as needed), then top with remaining apples and remaining cinnamon sugar.
- Again, press the apples and cinnamon sugar into the batter a bit.
- Bake for 50-55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean.
- Cool in the pan for 15 minutes, then transfer loaf to a cooling rack to continue cooling.
Notes
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Happy fall baking!
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So many times the recipe posted is NOT the same as the one shown in the picture, please correct this! Its very irritating!!
I’m not sure what you are talking about. The recipe is exactly what is pictured…
Super delicious. We don’t have All-Purpose flour here in South Africa so, instead, I used Cake Flour, adding about 4 tablespoons. It came out stellar. Thanks so much for this recipe!
Wonderful! Thanks so much for the lovely note! So glad the recipe was a success for you and was enjoyed!
I have tried many of your breads and have LOVED every one I’ve tried so I’m adding this one as my next to try as apple season is upon us in WI.
Could you double the recipe and make it in a bundt cake pan?
Hi Linda, I have not tried to double the recipe (and bake as a bundt), but I do think it could be done. You’ll have to watch your bake time, it will take quite a while to bake, and you might need to gently cover the top with foil toward the end of baking so the top doesn’t get too dark before the inside is fully baked. Happy baking!
I followed the recipe exactly as it’s written but I added chopped walnuts. It was amazing!
Could you add pecans?