Apple Bread
Apple Bread is the very best of fall baking. Warm spices with tart apples, crunchy pecans, cinnamon sugar topping and a rich cream cheese drizzle make this quick bread a favorite for breakfast or dessert.
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 598kcal
Ingredients
- ½ cup softened butter
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 medium granny smith apples gala, fuji or honey crisp
- 1 cup pecans chopped fine
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
For the topping:
- ¼ cup butter
- ¼ cup all purpose flour
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
For the cream cheese drizzle:
- 2 ounces softened cream cheese
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Line a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan with parchment paper or grease with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, mix butter, granulated sugar, eggs, 1/2 cup milk and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract with a wooden spoon.
- Peel and core apples. Shred using the large side of a box grater.
- Mix shredded apples and chopped pecans into butter and sugar mixture.
- Add 2 cups of flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon baking powder and mix until combined.
- Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
- In a small bowl mix 1/4 cup flour, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon and 1/4 cup butter together with a fork.
- Crumble cinnamon sugar mixture over the batter.
- Bake bread for 50 minutes to 1 hour or until a wooden pick comes out clean or bread reaches 190° using a digital thermometer.
- Remove bread from oven, cool five minutes in the pan. Move bread to a wire rack to cool 15 minutes.
- Mix cream cheese drizzle in a bowl by combining softened cream cheese with 1/2 cup powdered sugar.
- Add 1 tablespoon of milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and mix well.
- Drizzle over apple bread.
- Slice and serve warm or at room temperature.
Notes
Wrap apple bread in plastic wrap and store in refrigerator up to 4 days.
To freeze apple bread, skip adding the cream cheese drizzle. Wrap in 2 layers of plastic wrap and a layer of foil or place in a freezer bag and freeze up to 6 months. Thaw in refrigerator the day before serving.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 598kcal | Carbohydrates: 74g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 31g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 15g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 101mg | Sodium: 328mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 43g
