This amazing apple bread recipe is the perfect breakfast bread to have with a good, hot cup of coffee or tea. If you love apple recipes then we know you will love this Skillet Apple Pumpkin Pie, full of fall flavor. Or make this Easy Apple Crisp, juicy apple pieces topped with streusel.
Best Cinnamon Apple Bread
The smell of this apple bread baking in the oven is tantalizing. The warm aroma of cinnamon fills the air and mixes with juicy apples. It’s better than any fall scented candle out there. Your entire house will smell like a bakery.
My kids were begging to eat this apple cinnamon swirl bread right as it came out of the oven. We had to wait, inconveniently and impatiently, for it to cool down first before we could devour it. This bread was beautiful as it sat on the counter to cool.
Let me tell you, though, this loaf of apple cinnamon bread was worth that wait. We had to hold ourselves back from eating the whole loaf.
This bread is so soft and sweet and perfectly “fall.” It makes me think of these pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. Or on those warmer fall days try apple cider slushies, a frosty drink to help cool you down. If fall had a flavor I think it would be cinnamon, apple, and pumpkin!
My favorite part about this apple bread was that it was topped with a sprinkling of sweet, white sugar and a bunch of cinnamon to give it a slightly crisp, delicate crust. Sooo goood!
It has the perfect amount of apples and just the right amount of cinnamon. If you want a version without apples try this cinnamon bread with icing. And since you are in the middle of fall baking, throw in this apple crumble cake, it’s a delicious combination of apple crumble and coffee cake and it will feed a crowd!
What are the Best Apples to Use for Apple Bread?
I love to bake with Granny Smith apples! So I chose those for this recipe because of their tartness. But other apples that would work well are Gala apples, Pink Lady apples, Braeburn apples, Honeycrisp apples, or Golden Delicious apples. If you prefer, sweet apples can also be used. You can even try mixing different types of apples together.
Apple Cinnamon Bread Ingredients
These are the basic ingredients needed to make cinnamon apple bread. The recipe card at the bottom of this blog post for full amounts.
- Flour: All-purpose flour.
- Baking Powder: Make sure it is not expired.
- Cinnamon: You will need to use ground cinnamon. The apple cake needs cinnamon in the recipe plus more for the top.
- Salt: Fine kosher or fine sea salt.
- Butter: Unsalted butter.
- Brown Sugar: Light brown sugar works well.
- Sugar: Granulated white sugar for inside the bread and also some to sprinkle on top.
- Eggs: I use large eggs.
- Vanilla: Be sure to use vanilla extract and not imitation vanilla flavoring.
- Milk: I use whole milk.
- Apple: I use two medium Granny Smith apples (large apples will also work).
How to Make Apple Bread Recipe
Here are the basic instructions to make the recipe. Check out the recipe card below for the full instructions on how to make apple bread.
- Preheat oven.
- Coat the inside of a 9×5 loaf pan with a little butter. Line the inside with parchment then spray with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together dry ingredients like flour, cinnamon, salt, and baking powder. Set this to the side.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer using paddle attachment, cream together brown sugar, granulated sugar, and softened butter over medium speed. Mixture will be crumbly, keep mixing till it comes together.
- Add in vanilla and eggs, combine. Next add in milk.
- Turn mixer to low and slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, mixing between adding it in.
- Remove bowl from the mixer and gently hand stir in the chopped apples.
- Pour apple mixture into the prepared loaf pan. Combine cinnamon and sugar together and sprinkle on top of the bread.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out with a few crumbs attached.
- Let the bread rest in the loaf pan until cool, about 15-20 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack.
Apple Cinnamon Bread Recipe Tips
- Butter wrapper. Use the butter wrapper to coat the inside of the loaf pan.
- Apple chunks. Your apple pieces don’t need to be exactly the same size, just chop them into similar sized chunks.
- Preparing apples. I used a vegetable peeler to peel the skin off the apples. Then I used an apple corer/slicer to cut the apple into slices before cutting them into small chunks.
- Pans may cook differently. I used a metal baking pan, if you use glass the cooking times may be different. Check the bread after 30 minutes of cooking and then every 5-10 minutes to make sure it does not overcook.
- Keep bread in pan to cool. This part is difficult, but make sure to let this sweet bread cool in the pan before trying to remove it or it may fall apart.
- What to serve with apple bread? Serve this cinnamon bread with a scoop of ice cream or a warm mug of coffee.
Storage Instructions for Easy Apple Bread Recipe
- How to Refrigerate Apple Cinnamon Bread : Let the apple bread cool and put in a glass container or BPA-free airtight container or zipper bag. The bread should last about 3-4 days in the fridge or 2-3 days on the counter.
- How to Freeze Apple Cinnamon Bread: Let the apple bread cool off completely before putting into an airtight glass, BPA-free freezer-safe bag or freezer-safe plastic container. Make sure to label with the recipe name and date. It should last about 3 months in the freezer.
- How to Thaw Frozen Apple Cinnamon Bread : Thaw the frozen bread on a plate in the refrigerator overnight and bring to room temperature (or pop in the microwave for a few seconds) before serving.
Try these other sweet favorites!
- Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Apple Cider Slushie
- No Bake Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake Bars
- Coffee Cake Strawberry Muffins
- Chocolate Chip Oat Banana Bread
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Apple Cinnamon Bread
Ingredients
For the Bread
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon, ground
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup brown sugar, light brown
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 Granny Smith apples, medium, peeled, and chopped
Cinnamon Sugar Topping
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
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Coat the inside of a 9×5 loaf pan with a butter. Line the inside with parchment then spray with non-stick cooking spray.
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In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cinnamon, salt, and baking powder. Set this to the side.
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In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together brown sugar, granulated sugar, and softened butter over medium speed. Mixture will be crumbly, keep mixing till it comes together.
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Add in vanilla and eggs, combine. Next add in milk and mix until combined.
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Turn mixer to low and slowly add in flour, mixing between adding it in.
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Remove bowl from the mixer and gently hand stir in the chopped apples.
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Pour mixture into the prepared loaf pan. Combine cinnamon and sugar together and sprinkle on top of bread.
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Bake for 50-55 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out with a few crumbs attached.
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Let the bread rest in the loaf pan until cool, about 15-20 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack.
Recipe Notes
- Use a vegetable peeler to peel the skin off the apples.
- Allow bread to cool down before removing it from the pan to ensure it doesn’t fall apart.
- Store apple bread at room temperature for 2-3 days or the refrigerator for 3-4 days.
* Please note that all nutrition information are just estimates. Values will vary among brands, so we encourage you to calculate these on your own for most accurate results.
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