I like people who like food. I like to cook for people. So when someone I like also likes food, I feed them. My cycling teacher visits Great Harvest in Utah on the regular. She told me she loves their apple cinnamon bread. So I told her to skip her breakfast run and I would not disappoint.
Monday morning comes around and the bread I threw in the fridge to rise overnight was saran-wrapped to the pan too tightly and formed a giant sheet bread! Frick! So I scurried around and made this apple cinnamon quick bread. What a gem it turned out to be.
Apple Cinnamon Quick Bread
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 8 slices
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 inch medium apple peeled and diced into 1/2 cubes
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter 1 stick
- 2/3 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 1/2 cup milk
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 F.
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Mix brown sugar, diced apple, and cinnamon, and set aside.
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Cream butter and sugar until fluffy, about 3 minutes.
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Add eggs one at a time, mixing until blended.
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Mix in vanilla.
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Pour flour, baking powder, and salt into butter mixture. Mix until combined.
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Stir in milk.
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Grease a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan.
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Layer half of batter into bottom of pan.
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Spread half of the apple mixture onto batter.
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Spread remaining mixture on top of apples.
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Top with remaining apples.
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Swirl apples and cinnamon into batter.
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Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick entered into the center comes out clean.
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Let it cool in the pan for 5 minutes.
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Remove from pan and place on cooling rack.
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Top with caramel sauce (optional).
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Change it up:
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Make a lighter breakfast treat by using half 1/4 cup applesauce and 1/4 cup butter, cooking in muffin tins, and using half wheat flour(reduce cooking time according to size.)
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Use gluten free flour, almond milk or yogurt to accommidate allergies.
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Dress it up:
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Use pears instead of apples and serve with whipped cream, caramel sauce, and pecans.
adapted from Just a Pinch
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I'm Tammy and I love to be in the kitchen! I'm married and have three little tagalongs who love to help out with the food prep. My secret foodie dream is to open a bakery. Want to know more about me? Go here for a little Q&A.
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