Apple Pie Bread is a homemade, sweet and moist dessert bread that has a layer of yummy brown sugar with chunks of fresh apples.
AN APPLE PIE INSPIRED BREAD RECIPE
This Apple Pie Bread is AMAZING! After you make it the first time, you are gonna be hooked (so consider yourself warned.) It's a simple homemade sweet bread filled with a layer of cinnamon sugar and fresh apples and topped with more cinnamon sugar and apples. The fresh apples combined with the sweet bread almost makes it taste like cake that is shaped into bread form.
TIPS FOR MAKING APPLE PIE BREAD:
- Feel free to use your favorite apples in this. I am using a couple of Rome apples. They are great for baking since they are slightly sweet and tart. But these aren't always available at the store so a good substitute might be a Gala apple or even Golden Delicious or Granny Smith varieties.
- You can switch out the apples in this recipe for pears or even peaches.
- Light brown sugar or dark brown sugar can be used. Dark brown sugar just contains a bit more molasses than light brown sugar.
- Allow the bread to cool completely before slicing. It cuts easier when it is cooled. However, if you can't wait - then dig into it warm, it may just be a bit more crumbly.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST)
- brown sugar
- ground cinnamon
- sugar
- salted butter
- eggs
- vanilla extract
- all-purpose flour
- baking powder
- milk
- chopped apples
HOW TO MAKE THE BEST APPLE BREAD:
Preheat oven to 350f degrees. Spray a large loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray (the kind with flour in it - like Baker's Joy.) In a bowl, mix together brown sugar and cinnamon. Set aside.
Using a stand mixer (or in a large bowl with an electric mixer), mix together sugar and butter until smooth. Mix in eggs and vanilla extract until fully combined. Finally, stir in flour and baking powder and milk. Mix until combined. Pour half the batter into prepared loaf pan. Cover batter with half the diced apples. Press the apples down slightly into the batter.
Sprinkle the apples with half the cinnamon sugar mixture.
Pour the remaining batter over the apple layer.
Top with remaining diced apples (again, pushing the apples gently into the batter.)
Sprinkle the remaining cinnamon sugar mixture on top.
Bake for about 50-60 minutes (until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.) Allow to cool completely before removing from baking pan.
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The Best Apple Bread (+Video)
Ingredients
- ½ cup brown sugar packed
- 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
- ⅔ cup sugar
- ½ cup salted butter (1 stick) softened to room temp
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup milk
- 1 ¼ cup peeled and chopped apples (into 2-inch chunks) about 2 small apples (Fuji or Granny Smith)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350f degrees. Spray a large loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray (the kind with flour in it - like Baker's Joy.)
- In a bowl, mix together brown sugar and cinnamon. Set aside
- Using a stand mixer (or in a large bowl with an electric mixer), mix together sugar and butter until smooth.
- Stir in eggs and vanilla extract until fully combined.
- Finally, stir in flour and baking powder and milk. Mix until combined.
- Pour half the batter into prepared loaf pan.
- Cover batter with half the diced apples. Press the apples down slightly into the batter.
- Sprinkle the apples with half the cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Pour the remaining batter over the apple layer.
- Top with remaining diced apples (again, pushing the apples gently into the batter.)
- Sprinkle the remaining cinnamon sugar mixture on top.
- Bake for about 50-60 minutes (until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.)
- Allow to cool completely before removing from baking pan.
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Nutrition
Nutritional Disclaimer
“The Country Cook” is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories can vary quite a bit depending on which brands were used.
Originally published: October 2016
Updated & republished: August 2020
Ariel
Delicious! It fell apart pretty easily (I assume because of the Apple chunks) but it was totally worth it for the flavor!
Judy
So delicious. Great texture and taste. Will be making this again!
Brandie @ The Country Cook
Love hearing that - thanks so much Judy!
April
Can I add walnuts to this ?
Brandie @ The Country Cook
If you like them, sure.
Hollie
This was delicious! I want to make multiple loaves and freeze them. Have you tried freezing and does it work with this recipe?
Brandie @ The Country Cook
Hi Hollie! To be honest, I have not tried freezing them. But I think they should freeze okay. I am so happy you love the recipe! Perhaps someone else on here has frozen them and can tell us how well it did for them. 🙂
Shirley
Oh I can’t wait to make this! I usually make breads for Christmas gifts for neighbors and friends. This will be perfect.
Grammy Lor
My 4 yr old grandson said it was the best thing he ever tasted!! Everyone loved it!
Brandie @ The Country Cook
Woo hoo! That makes me so happy to hear - thank you!!
CHRISTINE PEARL
Did I do something wrong? While cooling my loaf shrunk below the crust of cinnamon/sugar topping, which then fell off in chunks . . .
Brandie @ The Country Cook
These types of questions are always hard because I'm not in the kitchen with you to watch every single step so they aren't easy to answer. It could be a few things. Maybe it was cooked on an upper rack and the outside got done first before the inside was completely done. That is usually the case with collapsing baked goods. Did you insert a toothpick or something similar to make sure it was completely done in the center? Also, the pan might've been too small to where the bread didn't have enough room to properly expand and therefore didn't cook properly. It really could be a few more things but like I said, unless I am watching you, its hard to say when it comes to baked goods. The good news is, if it is fully baked in the center, it should still taste good. Just not as pretty to slice.
TC
I used to buy this type of bread, but finally figured out since I make everything else from scratch, why not this?! I actually make it as a base for the most incredible french toast you will ever have or make. I do slice it thick and leave it out overnight, allowing it to get a bit stale. It takes the custard better. I think this recipe may be one of those that captured my girlfriend's heart.
Deborah
Brandi,
Looks like a great recipe! One question, why is the milk added after dry ingredients? I am old school and this just doesn't make sense to me! Thanks
Brandie @ The Country Cook
You'll have to ask my Grandma. 🙂
Julie
I'd like to give these as gifts, making more loaves in smaller pans, how long would you recommend they be baked?
Brandie @ The Country Cook
H Julie! I haven't tested it in smaller loaves, I am sorry. So I really couldn't tell you. It's one of those things that would need to be tested first since baking is more of an exact science than cooking. You may need to play this one by ear and just figure it out as you go and as it bakes. They are done when a toothpick comes out clean.
Jocelyn
Thank you so much for the amazing recipe! I can’t believe this doesn’t have more reviews. It’s seriously the best apple bread ever! I prepared it for a friend for Mother’s Day and she couldn’t believe it was homemade, it looked so profesional and was so delicious. And for me I prepared another loaf replacing the butter for apple sauce, since I can’t eat grease at the moment, and it was perfect. Thanks again!
Barb Krumrie
My husband ate the entire loaf by himself in one day!!! He’s 6’ tall and weighs 147 pounds. This is a real winner.
Lisaberkowitz97@gmail.com
This is THE best apple bread recipe ever!!! I’ve been spreading the love with it❤️❤️