Spiced Apple Bread – this delicious, subtly spiced apple bread is the perfect autumn treat. Enjoy a slice or two with a cup of coffee in the morning or anytime you’re craving a little something sweet.
Apple Season in New England
Apple season has arrived here in New England. Which means, it’s time for one of my family’s favorite fall activities – apple picking.
Last week, along with some friends, the kids and I went apple picking for the first time this season. Our group, comprised of three moms and eight kids, had a great time at Shelburne Farm, on a beautiful sunny afternoon, picking apples, both Gala and McIntosh as well as some peaches and Asian pears.
Each family went home with a nice stash of fruit, mainly apples. My three kids all love apples and enjoy them whole or sliced as snacks or along with a meal. Of course, I could not resist, baking something with apples.
Baking for My Kids
I’ve been searching for an apple bread recipe, that my 7-year old son, would enjoy. I’ve mentioned before, that he can be picky when it comes to baked goods, he doesn’t like them to contain nuts or chunks of fruit.
So, I thought I’d peel and grate the apples, like I do for my son’s favorite Spiced Zucchini Bread Mini Loaves, and add similar spices. The resulting Spiced Apple Bread is so delicious, has a nice fluffy texture and is subtly spiced with a nice amount of apple flavor.
This delicious Spiced Apple Bread is wonderful for breakfast in the morning along with a cup of coffee. My son enjoyed having a slice in his lunch at school.
A slice or two of this subtly Spiced Apple Bread is also great for an afternoon snack along with a cup of tea or anytime you’re in the mood for a little slice of something sweet.
Spiced Apple Bread
Notes
About 2 – 3 apples yields 2 cups grated apple. I used a combination of Gala and McIntosh. I remove the skin from the apple as my kids prefer it this way, but you can leave the skins on if you prefer. I use my food processor, fitted with the metal blade, to grate the apple.
Ingredients
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups grated apple (see Notes)
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease two 9 x 5-inch loaf pans.
- In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat sugar and vegetable oil to blend.
- Add in eggs, one at a time, then vanilla mixing after each addition.
- Add in the apple and stir to combine.
- In another large bowl, sift together (I use a whisk) flour, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
- Stir flour mixture into apple mixture in 2 or 3 additions until just combined.
- Spoon batter evenly into loaf pans.
- Bake in preheated oven for 45 – 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of a loaf comes out clean.
- Cool loaf pans on wire racks for 10 minutes. Remove loaves from pans, place on racks and cool completely.
This is delicious! The spices are perfect. Just made 2 more loaves to take to my kids. Thank you for sharing your recipe.
This is one of my fall favorites. The recipe is fabulous and every time I make it, it comes out perfectly. Love that it makes two loaves…. one to eat, one to give a way.
I have used this as a base for A-Z bread, apple, banana, carrot, raisin, zucchini bread and it is amazing. One kid is always gone the first day. Thank you for the inspiration!
Hi Jamie, so glad to hear that you enjoyed this recipe, you’re right, it is a great base for all sorts of variations!
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This recipe is the only sweet bread recipe i use….works for pumkin or banana also….just use 2 cups of canned pumkin or 2 cups mashed ripe bananas instead of apple. This recipe is fail proof.
Thanks Julia, I’m so glad that you use and like the recipe!
This looks amazing.
That looks amazing!! Pinning it to try one day! 🙂
Hello cute lady! I’m stopping by to let you know that your spiced apple bread will be featured at our party that starts on Monday 7 pm. Happy dance time! It’s also been pinned and tweeted. I hope to see you on Monday! Lou Lou Girls
Oh, this sounds so good. No yeast either, so I can probably make it work! Whoo Hoo! I’d love for you to link this up to our link party tonight!
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Miz Helen
Mmmm, I’m imagining a couple of slices of this warmed up for breakfast on a brisk autumn morning. 🙂 Thank you for linking up at Snickerdoodle Sunday- hope to see your latest makes & makes tonight!!
Sarah (Sadie Seasongoods)
Looks absolutely perfect, yum, yum, yum!! Thanks for sharing with us at #TryaBiteTuesday – pinned & shared your delicious recipe. Hope to see you back next week!
Yummy! fall is the perfect time for Apple anything!! Thanks for linking up on My 2 favorite Things on Thursday!! Hope to see you again this week!! Pinned!
My 5yo would call this “dewishiss!” 🙂 We love apples here, but I confess we’ve never gone apple picking! Thanks for sharing your great recipe with us at Merry Monday! I’ve pinned this!
Pinned! Thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite things blog hop xo
Thanks so much for stopping by!! This looks really good!!
Hugs,
Deb
I’m a sucker for a good apple recipe and I think I found the next one I want to try! I’ve taken the opportunity to pin it for later and shared it on Twitter, too! I hope you can share it at our Wake Up Wednesday link party going on until tomorrow. Hope to see you there!
http://www.theorganizeddream.com/2015/09/wake-up-wednesday-88.html
Kate | The Organized Dream
This looks really delicious- perfect for a light breakfast!
I stopped by from Thursday Favorite Things.
yum! This kind of thing is my favorite! Thanks for linking up with Merry Monday!
Spiced breads are so good in the fall and even better with apples. Thank you again for sharing at the blog hop. Have a wonderful week!
This recipe looks perfect for the fall…or anytime. I found this recipe on Merry Monday!
This would be a perfect after school snack for my kids! I love breads like this in the fall! Its one of my favorite parts of fall!
Looks amazing! Pinned and thanks for sharing! I love apple quick breads. 🙂
Yummy, we just picked 1 1&2 bushels of apples so I’m looking for recipes to use, thanks for sharing!
This is a beautiful apple loaf. I over bought apples (well, my hubby technically did.) This will be a great recipe to make to use some of our apples up.
I think this bread will be delicious ANY time of the day…or night!
I bet this smelled delicious while this was baking t! All those warm Fall spices are a perfect match with apples!
Just the right sweet bread for the season! Looks very fluffy and delicious!
Fall is not really here until I have some apple baked goods! This looks wonderful!
I usually make apple muffins, but this seems a lot more simple to throw together and looks delicious! Thanks for the great recipe!
Joy, this looks MARVELOUS! So soft and delicious! Pinning!
A perfect bread for Fall. I bet it smells amazing while it bakes!
This looks amazing! Perfect for fall!
Your spice apple bread looks perfectly baked and delicious! Pinned, too.
This spiced apple bread looks fantastic! Perfect for fall!
Sounds fantastic! Pinned!
I can imagine what the kitchen would smell like after pulling this loaf from the oven. Amazing.
That looks so perfect for fall! I don’t think I have ever had an apple quick bread, but I can tell I would love it! My little guy would too, we’ll have to make some!
I love the spices in this bread! Pinned to try this Fall!
Wow…this sounds so good! I don’t make bread very often but may have to try this recipe…it looks like it would be worth the calories LOL!
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