Easy Apple Bread

Indulge in autumn bliss with this moist and flavorful apple bread! Packed with tender apple chunks, warm baking spices, and pecans, it's the perfect cozy treat.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword apples, bread

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 1

Total Time 1 30

Servings

Calories 325kcal

Author Sara Garska

Cost $8

Equipment

Stand or hand mixer
large mixing bowl
9x5 inch loaf pan
Wire cooling rack

Ingredients

1 1/2 `cups apples (about 2 apples, peeled and chopped)
1/2 cup butter (one stick)
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
2 cups all-purpose flour (sifted)
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 cup chopped nuts pecans or walnuts
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

To Prep: Preheat oven to 350°F and grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
Peel apples and finely chop. This takes about 1 ½ to 2 apples. Place them in a medium bowl with the nuts.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream butter with the sugar.
Beat in the eggs and add lemon zest.
In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and spices.
Add ½ cup of flour mix to the bowl of apples and chopped nuts and mix.
Blend the remaining dry ingredients into the bowl of dry ingredients, alternately with milk and vanilla.
Stir the coated apples and nuts into the batter.
Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and bake for about 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the bread comes out clean (Check after about 50 minutes).
Cool in pan on wire rack for 5 minutes, then turn bread out onto wire rack to finish cooling.

Notes

Nutrition information is an estimate only.
The recipe calls for cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. I didn’t have cloves on hand and left those out. If all you have is cinnamon on hand, you can use 1 ½ teaspoons of cinnamon.
Pecans and walnuts are the classic nuts to go with apple bread. If you don’t enjoy nuts, leave them out.
To sift the dry ingredients, you can put them in a mesh strainer and gently shake the flour onto a piece of wax or parchment paper.

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