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This easy Apple Bread is made with apples, applesauce, brown sugar, and warm spices. This quick bread makes a flavorful breakfast or snack for chilly fall and winter days.

How are you, friends? I’m over here living my typical early-September life. And by that, I mean the outside temps are still in the triple digits, but I am baking with apples, adding pumpkin spice to everything, and turning down the thermostat in an effort to trick my myself into thinking it is actually fall. There is zero shame in my game. I say, “Do what makes you happy,” and today that is making APPLE BREAD!

Is it still warm and summery where you are? Try my Strawberry Bread or Blueberry Bread.

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This recipe was way back in the archives and it was time for a refresh. I made a few tweaks, took some new pictures, and now we have the perfect Apple Bread recipe ready and waiting for that first chilly fall day.

How To Make Apple Bread

This quick-bread recipe produces a moist and dense apple bread that is topped with a brown sugar-pecan streusel. Here’s what makes this recipe the best:

Apples: This recipe uses grated apples instead of chopped apples. The grated apples seemingly melt into the bread, adding apple flavor to every bite. Use your favorite baking apples (sweet or tart). I like Honeycrisp or Pink Lady apples for this recipe.

Applesauce: This recipe gets a double dose of apple flavor from fresh apples and applesauce. Unsweetened applesauce adds just the right amount of moisture, sweetness and apple flavor to this recipe.

Spices: Cinnamon or apple pie spice are in the bread itself and the streusel topping. These warm spices are a delicious compliment to the apples and they give this bread its classic flavor.

Brown sugar: Brown sugar is the only sugar used in this recipe. It adds moisture and a nice depth of flavor along with its sweetness. Make sure your brown sugar is fresh and soft.

Streusel topping: A sweet and buttery brown sugar-pecan streusel adorns the top of the apple bread. This crunchy topping is the perfect compliment to soft and tender bread.

Tips for Making Apple Bread:

  • Let this bread cool completely before cutting slices. If you try to cut it while it is still warm the slices will fall apart.
  • This bread is actually best the day after it is made. The flavors have a chance to meld and the bread cuts much more neatly on day two.
  • Store the bread tightly covered at room temperature for up to 2 days, or freeze tightly covered for up to 2 months.
  • To take this Apple Bread over the top, serve thick, warm slices topped with salted butter, apple butter, honey butter or maple butter.

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    Recipe

    Two slices of apple bread stacked on top of each other.

    Apple Spice Bread

    Moist and dense apple bread, filled with warm spices and topped with a buttery pecan streusel.

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    Course: Breakfast, Dessert

    Cuisine: American

    Prep Time: 15 minutes

    Cook Time: 55 minutes

    Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes

    Servings: 10

    Calories: 356kcal

    Author: Allison – Celebrating Sweets

    Ingredients

    Streusel topping:

    Icing (optional):

    Instructions

    For the topping:

    • Combine brown sugar, cinnamon, flour, pecans and salt. Add melted butter and stir until combined. Place the topping in the refrigerator while you prepare the bread.

    For the bread:

    • Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 10×5 loaf pan.

    • In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Set aside.

    • In a large bowl, whisk oil, brown sugar, applesauce, eggs and vanilla until well combined. Add the flour to the wet ingredients, and stir with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula until the flour is almost completely mixed in. Stir in the grated apples until fully combined, being careful not to overmix. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle the streusel topping over the top.

    • Bake for 50-60 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean (mine was done right around 53 minutes).

    • Cool pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes, then carefully remove the bread from the pan and place on a wire rack to cool completely.

    Notes

    You can make this recipe with sweet or tart apples. My favorites are Honeycrisp or Pink Lady. I grate the apples on the medium holes of a box grater. If your apples are super juicy, you can pat they dry with a paper towel, don’t squeeze them, just remove the excess liquid. This bread should cool completely before you cut it. Note: It cuts even cleaner the day after it was baked.  Recipe adapted from Better Homes & Gardens

    Nutrition

    Calories: 356kcal | Carbohydrates: 54g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 51mg | Sodium: 142mg | Potassium: 207mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 180IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 72mg | Iron: 2mg

    Nutritional Information is an estimate based on third-party calculations and may vary based on products used and serving sizes.

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