Apple Bread

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This apple bread recipe is so nice for Fall! Ribboned with sweet fruit, cinnamon-spiced, and crowned with a buttery crumb topping.

Prep Time35

Cook Time1 35

Total Time2 10

Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: apple bread, apple bread recipe, apple cinnamon bread, apple cinnamon bread recipe, apple cinnamon swirl bread, cinnamon apple bread, cinnamon apple bread recipe, recipe for apple bread

Servings: slices

Calories: 623kcal

Ingredients

For the Apple Filling

2 apples (medium), peeled, cored, and roughly chopped (I used honeycrisp apples)
3 tablespoons dark brown sugar packed
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
⅛ teaspoon kosher salt

For the Cinnamon Streusel

½ cup unsalted butter melted
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
¾ cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon kosher salt

For the Quick Bread

2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 cup dark brown sugar packed
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup sour cream*
½ cup unsalted butter melted
2 eggs large
½ teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste

For the Salted Caramel Icing

½ cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons salted caramel sauce
1 teaspoon milk (any kind) optional- you may only need if your caramel sauce is very thick

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Instructions

To Make the Apple Filling

Place the apples, brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, and salt in a small skillet over medium-low heat.
Cook, stirring, until the apples have softened slightly (approx. 3 to 5 minutes).

To Make the Cinnamon Streusel

Toss the melted butter, flour, sugar, cinnamon, and salt together with a fork until combined (the mixture may seem doughy when warm but it will become more crumbly as it cools).

To Make the Apple Bread

Whisk the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt together in a large mixing bowl.
Create a well in the center of the mixture and pour in the sour cream, melted butter, eggs, and vanilla.
Starting in the center and working your way outward, whisk the liquid ingredients together, gradually drawing the dry ingredients into the mixture.
Continue to mix until the batter has just barely incorporated (do not overmix or your bread could come out tough).
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F and generously mist a 9x5-inch metal** loaf pan with non-stick spray.
Spread about ⅔ of the bread batter into the bottom of the pan.
Top with the apple filling, then layer on about half the streusel.
Spread the remaining bread batter over the streusel, then top with the remaining streusel and bake for 10 minutes.
Lower the oven temperature to 350 degrees F and continue to bake until a skewer inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs (approx. 1 hour and 15 minutes). Lightly cover the top with foil if the crumb topping is becoming too brown before the bread is fully baked in the center.
Drizzle the salted caramel icing over the top of the bread.
Cool completely before slicing.

To Make the Salted Caramel Icing

Stir the powdered sugar and salted caramel sauce together until smooth, adding milk as needed to get a drizzly consistency.

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Notes

*The same amount of plain, unsweetened Greek yogurt or buttermilk can be substituted.

**If you use a glass or ceramic pan you may need to adjust the bake time slightly.

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