Apple Cinnamon Bread

Apple cinnamon bread is an easy, stir-together quick bread recipe that's perfect for fall. It's studded with Granny Smith apples and walnuts.


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Apple Cinnamon Bread

The Pioneer Woman (Ree Drummond)

8

servings

0

minutes

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Ingredients
Salted Butter
Salted Butter for the pan
All-purpose Flour
1.75 cup All-purpose Flour plus more for the pan
Granny Smith Apples
2 Granny Smith Apples peeled and cut into 1/2-inch chunks, plus 1 whole apple for garnish
Ground Cinnamon
1 tablespoon Ground Cinnamon
Sugar
1 cup Sugar
Baking Powder
1.5 teaspoon Baking Powder
Kosher Salt
1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
Baking Soda
0.25 teaspoon Baking Soda
Vegetable Oil
0.5 cup Vegetable Oil
Buttermilk
0.5 cup Buttermilk
Vanilla Extract
1 tablespoon Vanilla Extract
Eggs
2 large Eggs
Walnuts
0.5 cup Walnuts
Apricot Jam
2 tablespoon Apricot Jam

Equipment
Whisk

Whisk

Wire cooling rack

Wire cooling rack


Instructions
1
Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Butter and flour a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan.
2
In a medium bowl, toss the apple chunks with the cinnamon, 1/4 cup of the sugar, and 1 tablespoon of the flour. i
3
In a large bowl, whisk together the baking powder, salt, baking soda, remaining 3/4 cup sugar, and remaining 1 3/4 cups flour.
4
In another medium bowl, whisk together the vegetable oil, buttermilk, vanilla, and eggs, then add to the flour mixture and mix until just combined. Fold in the apples (and any accumulated juices) and walnuts. Pour into the prepared loaf pan and spread evenly.
5
Cut the remaining apple crosswise through the center to make 3 thin slices (1/8 inch thick); remove the seeds. Shingle the slices across the top of the loaf, gently pressing them into the batter.
6
Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean, 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then carefully remove the bread to a wire cooling rack.
7
Heat the jam in the microwave until loosened and brush it on the warm bread. Let cool completely.
Apple Cinnamon Bread

Apple Cinnamon Bread

The Pioneer Woman (Ree Drummond)

8

servings

0

minutes

Apple cinnamon bread is an easy, stir-together quick bread recipe that's perfect for fall. It's studded with Granny Smith apples and walnuts.

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Ingredients
Salted Butter
Salted Butter for the pan
All-purpose Flour
1.75 cup All-purpose Flour plus more for the pan
Granny Smith Apples
2 Granny Smith Apples peeled and cut into 1/2-inch chunks, plus 1 whole apple for garnish
Ground Cinnamon
1 tablespoon Ground Cinnamon
Sugar
1 cup Sugar
Baking Powder
1.5 teaspoon Baking Powder
Kosher Salt
1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
Baking Soda
0.25 teaspoon Baking Soda
Vegetable Oil
0.5 cup Vegetable Oil
Buttermilk
0.5 cup Buttermilk
Vanilla Extract
1 tablespoon Vanilla Extract
Eggs
2 large Eggs
Walnuts
0.5 cup Walnuts
Apricot Jam
2 tablespoon Apricot Jam

Equipment
Whisk

Whisk

Wire cooling rack

Wire cooling rack


Instructions
1
Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Butter and flour a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan.
2
In a medium bowl, toss the apple chunks with the cinnamon, 1/4 cup of the sugar, and 1 tablespoon of the flour. i
3
In a large bowl, whisk together the baking powder, salt, baking soda, remaining 3/4 cup sugar, and remaining 1 3/4 cups flour.
4
In another medium bowl, whisk together the vegetable oil, buttermilk, vanilla, and eggs, then add to the flour mixture and mix until just combined. Fold in the apples (and any accumulated juices) and walnuts. Pour into the prepared loaf pan and spread evenly.
5
Cut the remaining apple crosswise through the center to make 3 thin slices (1/8 inch thick); remove the seeds. Shingle the slices across the top of the loaf, gently pressing them into the batter.
6
Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean, 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then carefully remove the bread to a wire cooling rack.
7
Heat the jam in the microwave until loosened and brush it on the warm bread. Let cool completely.

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