This apple cinnamon bread is buttery moist and cake-like with plenty of apples dotted in each slice. Tossing the juicy apples in brown sugar and cinnamon before layering and swirling in the loaf pan is an important step. Assembling the loaf this way adds pockets of sweet cinnamon swirl and keeps the batter light. There’s so much flavor from swirling in the brown sugared apples that you really don’t need icing or a crumb topping. Still, if you want to try either, I recommend the crumb topping from peach bread and the brown sugar icing from these pumpkin donuts or even a salted caramel drizzle.
Let me teach you how to make your next favorite recipe. I’ll walk you through what to expect before explaining my recipe testing trials and tribulations. (All very worth it!)
When I first visualized this recipe, I pictured an apple cider bread—sounds good right—almost like apple cider donuts baked in a loaf pan. I reduced the apple cider and added shredded apples to the batter. The loaf was good, but it ended up tasting exactly like harvest spice bread. I added more spices, used more apple cider, but I closed the book on my efforts because the apple and apple cider flavors were slight. Feeling determined, I tried again with creamed butter + sugar as the base of the bread. Chocolate chip loaf cake was my starting point and I swapped chocolate chips for cinnamon-tossed apples. Sadly, the loaf was squat, pale, and wet.
Cinnamon Apple Bread (a Quick Bread Recipe)
About to throw in the towel—are you even still reading this?—I tried 1 more time. Forget determination, I was just plain stubborn at this point but we can call it strong-willed. I reduced the butter, added some baking soda for color and lift, added more apples, tossed them in brown sugar, closed the oven and crossed my fingers.
IT WORKED! So about 14 loaves and 200 words later, here we are. The recipe ended up being a cross between the chocolate chip loaf cake mentioned above and blueberry muffin bread. It’s tested and tight with flavorful and delicious results. And it certainly speaks volumes that I’m willing to make this bread on repeat after quite the journey getting here!
Let me show you how to make this apple cinnamon bread. Despite the saga above, it truly is an easy recipe. First, chop 1-2 peeled apples into 1/2 inch chunks and then toss them in brown sugar and cinnamon. Do this step first so the apples have time to absorb some of the brown sugar and cinnamon flavors. We’ll layer and swirl them into the loaf pan soon.
How To Make Apple Bread With Cinnamon Sugar Swirl
I really want to show you the next two photos so you don’t get nervous when it’s your turn to bake the bread. On the left, you can see that the batter looks curdled. This is normal and expected. At this point, you’re trying to combine creamed butter + sugar with eggs, applesauce, and vanilla extract. Even though they are all brought to room temperature, these wet ingredients have different textures. Once you add the dry ingredients and begin mixing in the milk, the batter comes together. Have no fear!
Why Layer & Swirl the Apples?Instead of folding the fruit right into the batter, layer and swirl them in the loaf pan. We do this same step in peach bread and there’s a few reasons why. (1) By doing this, you get pockets of sweet cinnamon and apple swirl inside a cinnamon spiced bread. (2) You also have the chance to introduce brown sugar into the loaf. When using brown sugar as the base of the bread (creaming with butter), the loaf had a heavier texture. And (3) the test loaf made with apples directly folded into the batter was quite wet (not just moist).
It’s almost like we’re making cinnamon swirl banana bread or cinnamon swirl quick bread, but today’s recipe has a lovely buttery base! If you’d rather make muffins, use my apple cinnamon muffins recipe instead because it’s quite similar. (Would be hard to swirl apples into such a tight space!) Or try these healthy apple muffins for a wholesome option using whole wheat flour and no refined sugar.
Apple Cinnamon Bread Recipe
Firmer apples are ideal for baking so avoid soft, mealy, and mushy apples. If you’re baking a recipe that calls for many apples such as apple crisp or apple crumble pie, use a mix of tart apples and sweet apples. This apple cinnamon bread only needs 1 or 2 apples, so it’s fine to use tart OR sweet. I use Granny Smith because overall, its flavor and texture are the best for baking. I also love sweet apples in this bread like Honeycrisp, Fuji, and Pink Lady. For a more detailed list, I have a full post explaining the best apples for baking.
This apple cinnamon bread is buttery moist and cake-like with plenty of apples dotted in each slice. You can use tart or sweet apples in this loaf, but avoid soft and mushy apples. Feel free to turn this recipe into muffins or mini loaves. See recipe notes below.
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Cinnamon Swirl Apple Bread
Quick Apple Bread recipe is so perfect for fall! Moist, tender, sweet and spiced bread is studded with tender bites of fresh apples. However, I think my favorite part of this recipe is the cinnamon sugar glaze on top!
This bread along with Homemade Apple Fritters are a couple of my faves for fall! Baking this easy apple bread recipe is one of my favorie fall experiences, and not just because the bread itself always turns out so perfect. It’s because the aroma that fills my kitchen while it bakes is better than any candle! Sweet, warm and fresh apple notes always make me feel so warm and cozy. Plus, this recipe comes together in no time – you pretty much just toss everything into a mixing bowl, then bake and enjoy! It’s a fall quick bread recipe that always hits the spot. Enjoy this glazed apple bread for breakfast on Thanksgiving morning for the sweet treat you deserve before the madness of the holiday starts!
Can’t get enough fall flavor? Keep that oven preheated for more of the best cozy baked recipes like Apple Cinnamon Muffins, and my very best Pumpkin Cake!
Sourdough Cinnamon Apple Bread Recipe
That all depends on what flavor profile you’re looking for. If you’d like tarter apples to balance all of the sweet ingredients in the bread, use granny smith apples. To enhance that sweetness even more, use honeycrisp or gala apples. They all work very well in this easy, versatile recipe.
To freeze apple bread, freeze it WITHOUT the glaze. Let it fully cool to room temperature, then wrap it with two layers of plastic wrap and foil. You can freeze it as a whole loaf or in slices. Sliced apple bread will thaw much quicker than a whole loaf.
Welcome to The Salty Marshmallow! I'm a mom, animal lover, photographer, & kitchen mess-maker. Here you will find the result of my decades-long passion for chasing the best flavors in the kitchen, all meant to be cooked by regular people with busy lives just like you and me.Apple Cinnamon Bread Recipe is moist, sweet and packed with fresh apples and cinnamon for perfect fall treat. Taste delicious and it’s like a cake just baked in a loaf pan. This easy fall baking recipe is super simple to throw together for bakers of any skill level.
Warm Apple Bread
For most apple recipes it is the best to use firmer apples. The best baking apples keep their structure without turning into mush.
Granny Smith is my go-to baking apples. They are crisp and quite sour but there are a few others that hold up under heat.
Grease 9 x 5-inch loaf pan with baking spray, line with parchment paper leaving large overhang the sides so you could easily lift the bread from the pan. Adjust the oven rack just below the center (to the lower third position) and preheat the oven to 350 F.
Cinnamon Apple Bread
Beat room temperature butter with sugar and vanilla extract. Add eggs and mix to combine. Add mixture of dry ingredients (flour, salt and baking powder) and mix to combine. Slowly pour in milk and mix just to combine. Scrape down the bowl with rubber spatula to make sure there’s no lumps remain.
Spread half of the batter in prepared pan, scatter half of the apple mixture and sprinkle with one half of cinnamon sugar mixture. Spoon remaining batter and gently smooth the top. Scatter remaining apples and sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar mixture.
Bake in preheated oven about 55-70 minutes, or until the toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. This is a heavy loaf full of apples, so if your bread takes longer, that’s OK. Just tent it with aluminium foil
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