This Apple Cinnamon Bread Recipe Deserves a Round of Apple-ause

September 27, 2020

Apple cinnamon bread—how ‘bout them apples!?

Although I’m a total pumpkin fangirl, I decided to wean my way into fall flavors with the age-old combo of apples and cinnamon. (More pumpkin recipes to come.) And I have no regrets, so I’ll keep this post short and sweet.

This apple cinnamon bread recipe was a first for me but I’m sure it’ll become a seasonal favorite. It was so easy and accurate and had limited ingredients. You’ll fall in love with it too, I have no doubt.

What to Expect:

A soft, fluffy loaf interspersed with crisp cinnamon-coated apples. There’s a layer of apples in the middle in addition to the top of the bread, which makes the texture absolutely divine. Granny Smith apples, since they're not super sweet, balanced out the heaps of sugar in the bread nicely.

What I Changed:

Nothing! The recipe is straight-forward and the bake took exactly 1 hour and 5 minutes (as expected) before becoming a nice golden color.

Also, I can’t overstate how awesome parchment paper is. For me, there’s nothing more disappointing than baking a loaf that can’t come out of the tin. Parchment paper solves the core of that problem! (This isn’t an ad but it kinda could be.) All of this to stay, definitely don’t ignore that step. 🙂

ANYWHO! Hope your apple cinnamon bread has a hAPPLEy ever after like mine!

Original Apple Cinnamon Bread Recipe by Delish:

INGREDIENTS

For Apple Mixture:

2 Granny Smith apples, peeled and chopped
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1/3 c.packed brown sugar
1 tsp.ground cinnamon

For Bread:

1/2 c. (1 stick) butter, softened
2/3 c.granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp.pure vanilla extract
1 1/3 c.all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 c. orange juice

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 350° and line a 9x5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper. In a large bowl, stir together chopped apples, lemon juice, brown sugar, and cinnamon.
In another large bowl using a hand mixer, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and beat until smooth. Add flour, baking powder, and orange juice and mix until just combined.
Add half batter to prepared loaf pan, then press in half the apple mixture. Top with remaining batter, then press remaining apples on top. Bake until loaf is golden and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour 5 minutes. Let cool completely.