Cinnamon Apple Bread Recipe
This easy cinnamon apple bread is an easy quick bread with a moist, cake-like texture. With a crispy stresel-like topping and plenty of fresh apples and cinnamon swirl, this bread is perfect for breakfast, snack, or delicious dessert.
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This is the absolute BEST Apple Bread recipe on the internet. Swirled with cinnamon sugar and juicy apple pieces, try this Apple Bread recipe out and see why it has been pinned over 1 million times and has over 250 amazing reviews!
I whipped up this easy cinnamon apple bread recipe last weekend to prepare for the momentous occasion of college football starting back up and wanted to share it with you today. This bread is ah-mazingly delicious (I know I made that word up but believe me, it warrants it’s own made up superlatives!)
Want muffins instead? Try this apple cinnamon muffins recipe!
Why I love this recipe
I can’t even describe to you how insanely good this apple bread makes your house smell while its baking-and it’s perfection to have a slice when it’s warm out of the oven! It is a soft bread with a moist crumb and crunchy streusel-like topping and cinnamon swirl.
If you try it too I’d love it if you popped back and gave it a five-star review in the comments section!
Ingredients
- apples – red delicious, granny smith, and gala are some of my favorite varieties
- cinnamon
- brown sugar
- granulated white sugar
- baking powder
- eggs
- butter
- flour
- vanilla extract
- milk
Step by step
- Preheat the oven and spray a loaf pan with nonstick spray.
- Mix the cinnamon sugar and chop your apples. Set aside.
- Beat the butter and sugar together in a stand mixer (affiliate link) or with a hand mixer.
- Add eggs and vanilla and mix until combined. Add the dry ingredients and mix again. Add the milk a little at a time until the batter is just combined.
- Pour half of the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Top with half of the apples and cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Pour in remaining batter and top with remaining apples and cinnamon sugar.
- Pat toppings into the top of the bread with the back of a spoon and bake for 50 minutes.
- Let the bread cool for ten minutes before removing from the pan.
Tips for best results
- Be sure to choose a firm apple variety such as Granny Smith, Pink Lady, Gala or Fuji. Softer types of apples won’t stand up to the baking.
- Swirl a knife through the batter if desired before baking if you want the apple chunks and cinnamon sugar more uniform through the bread.
Storage
Store bread covered with plastic wrap at room temperature for up to 3 days. Store in the refrigerator for up to a week.
This bread also freezes well. Simply allow the bread to cool completely then wrap in foil and store in a freezer bag. When you are ready to eat the bread, allow to thaw at room temperature before serving.
You might also like some of my other popular recipes like my Best Dirt Cake Ever, Dark Chocolate Truffles, Peanut Butter Apple Crisp, Homemade Easy Biscuit Recipe, Cinnamon Apple Cake, Apple Crisp Cheesecake, and Dutch Apple Crumble Pie.
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Apple Cinnamon Bread
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 8 1x
Description
This is the absolute BEST Apple Bread on the internet. Swirled with cinnamon sugar and juicy apple pieces, try this Apple Bread recipe out and see why it has over 250 amazing reviews!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2/3 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 large apple, peeled and finely chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease and flour a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan.
- Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together in a bowl and set aside.
- In a stand mixer (affiliate link), combine white sugar and butter until smooth.
- Add eggs and vanilla and continue to beat on medium speed until combined.
- Add flour and baking powder, then milk.
- Pour half the batter into the prepared pan.
- Cover with half of the apples.
- Pat apples into batter with the back of a spoon.
- Sprinkle with half of sugar and cinnamon mixture.
- Pour the remaining batter over apple layer; top with remaining apples and add more brown sugar/cinnamon mixture.
- Pat topping into the batter with the back of a large spoon. Use a butter knife held vertically to swirl figure eights through the batter to slightly incorporate the topping.
- Bake for 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Cool in pan 10 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
Notes
Store bread covered with plastic wrap at room temperature for up to 3 days. Store in the refrigerator for up to a week.
This bread also freezes well. Simply allow the bread to cool completely then wrap in foil and store in a freezer bag. When you are ready to eat the bread, allow to thaw at room temperature before serving.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 50 mins
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1" slice
- Calories: 327
- Sugar: 28.8 g
- Sodium: 31 mg
- Fat: 13 g
- Carbohydrates: 48.9 g
- Protein: 4.7 g
- Cholesterol: 77.3 mg
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I found the bake time to be longer than the amount suggested. Will be making mini loaves for Christmas sharing
What size pans are best for mini-loaves? I have aluminum pans 8 L x 3.88 W x 2.47 H. Will this recipe make 3 loaves?
I just put my mini loaves back in for 5 more minutes. I used the same pans you have and they are beautiful… almost done. I’ve made this recipe twice this week. My husband loves it!
HI there, Curious if you can substitute the milk with almond milk?
Thank you, Can’t wait to make this!
Yes I think it will be fine!
I love apple bread and this recipe sounds delicious but do you have metric measurements? I have tried converting myself and it doesn’t quite work. But that could be me!!
Thanks
Let me see if I can help.
85.1 g of packed brown sugar
3.96 g ground cinnamon
134 g of white sugar
113 g unsalted butter
8.4 g vanilla extract
192 g flour
6 g baking powder
123 g or 125 ml of milk
And 2 eggs and 1 or 2 apples
Hope this helps….this is a really delicious apple bread.
A suggestion for this recipe is just mixing the brown sugar and cinnamon in with the apples and it saves you an additional step. It also reduces the number of bowls needing washing!! I used 5 small apples instead of 1 and put it in a larger baking pan. Turned out great!
I made this this morning and it is wonderful! The flavor is great, the bread is tender and we are really enjoying it! In my oven I had to bake it almost 55 minutes for perfection. Thank you for sharing.
Can you use A2 or Lactaid in this recipe in place of regular milk?
Yes, that would be fine
I just made your apple cinnamon bread. I had to bake it more than 50 minutes because when I tested it, it was still wet inside. It tastes good but a little crumbly. Probably overbaked. I shredded the apples and there was a lot of liquid in them. Didn’t know if they should have been drained. Help!!!
I’ve never made it with shredded apples, I’m not sure if that would alter the end result. It is a crumbly bread in general though.
I’ve never baked this, and I want to make it as a gift for neighbors. So because of that I would like to make a portion of it in a mini loaf and then the rest in a big one, just so I can taste it and give them the big one. Do you think this recipe would be enough for that? I didn’t really want to make two separate ones.
Usually this makes 3 mini loaves which would really reduce the size of the loaf so I would suggest if you just want to taste it to maybe make one muffin and use the rest for the loaf? For a muffin the bake time would be closer to 30 minutes.
I hadn’t seen the comment, so I ended up making the mini loaf. I didn’t want to loose the size of the big loaf too much, so I didn’t put as much into the mini loaf, but omg it tasted SO good! And the big loaf came out so toasty and looks amazing. So hopefully that one tastes just as good. I did have a little cinnamon and apples left over, so I don’t think I put enough in the middle layer. But thank you for the recipe! Absolutely love it!
I’m so glad you liked it Amanda!
I’m going to make this as 3 mini loaves for gifts….Should I still bake for 50 min or less time?
I’d reduce the cooking time to about 30 minutes.
Tasty but if I do it again, I think I will mix all the apples in the batter and layer the cinnamon/sugar.
Do you have to use unsalted butter I want to try making this today
If you use salted butter omit the salt in the recipe Debbie
Melissa, your recipe doesn’t call for salt. Should it?
no that was a mistake on my part, sorry!
Made this loaf tonight. So quick to put together and it is absolutely delicious! We had it warm with some blueberry jam and homemade ice cream. So good!
Approximately how many cups are equal to one large apple chopped? Just an estimate please. Thank you.
roughly 1.5-2 cups depending on how small you chop it
Just made this at 2AM during a bout of sleeplessness. Came out perfect. The house smells amazing and what a great surprise for my family when they get up in the morning. Thank you.
so glad you like it!
Hey there, what can I use as a substitute for milk in a pinch. ? I have light cream 5% and plain yogurt at home.
You should be able to substitute it 1:1 with plain yogurt or use 1/4 milk and 1/4 of the cream. Hope that helps!
Thank you for recipe, I needed this for my hubby. He has been bugin me for an apple cake, but didn’t find something that I liked. This is what I like
So glad you like it!
Tried it, not my favorite. It came out more like a pound cake 🙁
So sorry it wasn’t to your liking Lynn.
Hi Melissa, Loved your Apple Cinnamon Bread Recipe and so did my family. Thanks for sharing.
Laura 🤗😋
I’m so glad you liked it Laura!
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I’m so sorry about that Cindi, can you let me know if you are on mobile or desktop computer? And what browser you are using? I can’t replicate it on any of my devices and without being able to see I don’t know how to fix it. Thank you -Melissa
Pretty good!
Glad you liked it!
Hello,
I would like to bake it in a 9 x 13 pan…do you recommend doubling or tripling the recipe? Also, I assume the cooking time will change too.
Thanks.
I’ve made before and I just made my second loaf. It’s so easy and the house smells amazing. I’m freezing it for Christmas morning.
Hello,
I would like to bake it in a 9 x 13 pan…do you recommend doubling or tripling the recipe? Also, I assume the cooking time will change too.
Thanks.