Apple Cinnamon Bread, bursting with deliciously tart diced apples, cinnamon, and brown sugar, is the best quick bread to make in the fall!
Moist Apple Cinnamon Bread has the perfect amount of sweet apple goodness, making it perfect for breakfast or an afternoon snack! Set out your bread-making staples, plus cinnamon, brown sugar, and your favorite chopped apples to make a bread that tastes like a great fall morning, especially with a hot cup of coffee or a steamy mug of fall-flavored tea!
Incredible Apple Bread
Easy Apple Cinnamon Bread is one of those recipes that draws people to the kitchen. The incredible smell of the warm cinnamon and sweet apples is too irresistible, and before you know it, everyone is at the table, gobbling up this bread! Moist and perfectly sweet, this bread is amazing as-is or with a little butter slathered on top. Quick and simple, apple cinnamon bread uses basic pantry staples, and everything can be stirred by hand, so all you need is a couple of bowls and mixing utensils. This apple cinnamon bread recipe uses fresh apples, so be sure to pick lots of extra apples this season to make enough loaves to last you all winter long!
Start more mornings with the delicious combination of apples and cinnamon: an Apple Cinnamon Puffed Pancake that can feed the whole family, or sweet Apple Cider Muffins!
Other Recipes to Serve with Apple Cinnamon Bread
- Enjoy a slice of apple bread in the afternoon with a flavorful Apple Whiskey Sour to savor more great fall flavors and make the most of those apples!
- Pull out a tub of vanilla ice cream to have with delicious Air Fryer Apple Hand Pies, or grab one and go for a hay ride!
Ingredients
Apples: For this recipe, I used Granny Smith apples to balance the tart and sweet, but any apple you love works well in this bread. Be sure to peel, core, and dice the apples before using them in the recipe.
Dry Ingredients: You will need cake flour, granulated sugar, ground cinnamon, baking powder, brown sugar, and salt to make this bread.
Wet Ingredients: Set out whole milk and eggs to come to room temperature. You’ll also need to melt unsalted butter and grab the vanilla extract.
How to Make Apple Cinnamon Bread
STEP ONE: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a 9×5 loaf pan with parchment paper. Combine the diced apples and a little of the cake flour and mix well. In a separate bowl, whisk together some of the cinnamon and sugar.
STEP TWO: In a large bowl, stir the melted butter and both the brown and granulated sugar together. Add the milk, vanilla, and eggs, and mix well.
STEP THREE: In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the cake flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the bowl and mix until just combined. Gently fold the apples into the batter
STEP FOUR: Pour half of the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle 3 tablespoons of the cinnamon-sugar mixture over the batter, then add the remaining half of the batter. Top the batter with the remaining cinnamon and sugar mixture and bake for 40 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean.
STEP FIVE: Remove the apple bread from the oven and let it cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes before turning it out.
Tips for Success
- Any apple can be used in this apple cinnamon bread, so use what apples you like. Use sweeter apples for a sweeter bread or more tart apples for a less sweet version.
- Be sure to chop the apples into small pieces to make folding them in easier and to get little pops of apple throughout the bread.
- Keep this bread covered on the counter and enjoy it for a week. You can also wrap a fully cooled loaf in plastic wrap and freeze it for up to three months. Allow the loaf to thaw on the counter overnight.
Can I make mini loaves of apple cinnamon bread?
Making a few mini loaves of apple cinnamon bread is a great idea, especially if you want to gift them! To make the mini loaves, simply prepare three mini-loaf pans measuring about 5.75×3 and line them with parchment paper. Make the recipe as written and divide the batter among the three pans. Bake the loaves for 25-30 minutes, or until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Set the mini loaf pans on a wire rack to cool the bread before removing them. Once the loaves have cooled completely, you can wrap them to give as a gift, freeze them, or just enjoy them!
How do I make cake flour from regular flour?
Cake flour is a great ingredient for this recipe, as it creates a lighter, more tender crumb, but you don’t need to rush out to the store if you don’t have any! A simple swap is to combine all-purpose flour with cornstarch to get the same result. The general rule of thumb is to replace 2 tablespoons of flour with 2 tablespoons of cornstarch for every cup of flour you use. For this recipe, you will need almost 2 cups of cake flour, so measure out 1 3/4 cups of all-purpose flour and 1/4 cup of cornstarch, and mix the two use for both the bread and coating the apples.
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Ingredients
- 2 Granny Smith apples peeled and cored
- 2 tablespoons cake flour
Cinnamon Sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Bread
- 1 ½ cups cake flour
- ½ tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter melted
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar packed
- 2 large eggs at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons whole milk
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 9-inch x 5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper, leaving it long enough to hang over the sides. Set aside.
- Dice the apples and add them to a medium mixing bowl. Add 2 tablespoons of cake flour and mix to coat. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, stir together 1/4 cup sugar and 2 teaspoons cinnamon until evenly combined. Set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl, stir together the cake flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, stir the melted butter, sugar, and brown sugar together with a rubber spatula. Mix in the egg, milk, and vanilla until combined.
- Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined. Add the apples and fold them into the batter. Don't overmix.
- Pour half of the batter into the prepared loaf pan and spread into an even layer. Sprinkle 3 tablespoons of the cinnamon-sugar over the batter to create an even, thick layer. Pour the remaining batter into the loaf pan, spread it out, and top with the remaining cinnamon-sugar.
- Bake for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean or with a couple of moist crumbs.
- Remove from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool for at least 10 minutes before removing from the pan and slicing. Serve warm or at room temperature.
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