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 have made this delicious bread several times. I added 2 tablespoons of corn starch to the flour, 2 teaspoons of apple extract along with the 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract, buttermilk instead of regular milk and several small dabs of butter on the brown sugar layers and baked it for 50 mins in my convection oven at 350 and EVERY time it comes out absolutely delicious!! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe!
I’m so glad you liked it!
Made the bread last week & family really enjoyed. Husband asked for it again but wanted more & “toothier” apples. So, I doubled everything and made 24 “cup breads” in muffin pan. Baked for 24 mins. Perfect!
Made this for the first time yesterday and it was so good! I did use more apples than it called for and the batter was very thick, but it was easy to spread in the pan. My kids loved it – will definitely be making it again!
So glad you liked it!
My apple bread is in the oven so I can’t rate the taste but I added salt to the batter because the recipe doesn’t call for it, and I’ve never baked anything without it.
Fabulous!!! We are snowed in here in Texas, and this was the perfect warm addition to our breakfast.
so gald you liked it, hope you’re doing well in the frosty weather
This cake is so delicious, especially with a dollop of thick double cream!
I doubled up the ingredients and left in oven for an hour and 5 minutes. It came out perfect.
Ohh I haven’t tried it with double cream, I’m definitely going to do that next loaf I make!
This is a keeper for me! Made it today using several small red delicious apples. I had extra buttermilk in frig and used that instead of milk. I lined a glass pan with parchment paper, sprayed it with oil and then dusted it with some cinnamon sugar. Reduced oven temperature to 325° due to glass pan and it was done in about 45 minutes…thin wood skewer came out clean and top had that nice spring when lightly pressed. I like what some may say is the dryer texture and that it’s not overly sweet.
So glad you liked it Katherine!
I make this all the time. Its a favourite in my house. Recipe is perfect except that I use more apples, at least 2 and reduce the sugar by half. I stick to the recipe for everything else, House smells amazing and the bread is gone before it gets cold!
Amazing stuff, already a keeper for me, thank you!
So glad you liked it!
Do you think I can make muffins with this recipe? If so, any idea how many I would get. I would like to make jumbo muffins
I made this for my boyfriend to take to work to share with his coworkers and it was a hit! I did however use heavy cream instead of milk as that’s all I had on hand at the time, and it still came out super moist and tasty. I will definitely be pinning this for later. 😍
LOVED this bread — I used gluten free flour and it was so light and delicious — we added more apple to it — but seriously light and fluffy and tasted almost like a coffee cake it was that good — it lasted not even two hours out of oven! thank YOU it was a def. hit!
so glad you liked it!
I made it exactly how recipe calls- it came out delicious!!!
so glad you liked it!! I just made some a few days ago again and it was gone in a day!
Amazingly delicious. I’m making this bread over and over again and I have to double the portions every time if we want some to be left for the second day! Thanks for sharing.
turned out somewhat dry and most of brown sugar topping crumbled off when cutting. Batter is definitely to thick for pouring. Still house smells great and does have good flavor.
Made this in the oven and it was fantastic! Just curious… has anyone tried this in a bread machine on the cake setting?
I just started my cooking journey (very late in life). This bread was the second recipe I ever made, it turned out BEAUTIFULLY, and my whole family is now requesting this bread. I had thrown some blueberries into the recipe when I did it and they turned into this beautiful molten purple mess of delight. I’ll be making this recipe OVER and OVER, everyone loves it.
I just made this and had high hopes to give to a neighbor as a special treat. Highly disappointing. I baked for 50 minutes and after waiting 15 minutes to remove from the pan….it totally fell apart. It still tasted good but was not presentable to give to someone as a “pick me up.” On to another recipe…
this recipe was sooo good. but how should i store it after it’s baked? in the fridge?
I keep it at room temperature wrapped airtight up to 3 days, beyond that I would refrigerate it.
Highly disappointed in this recipe. Very “blah” tasting bread. Expected to have more apple flavor but I could hardly tell there were apples in it and I even used about 1 1/2 apples (more than recipe calls for).
Mine is at 55 min and soaking wet??
What happened 😕
This is in the oven right now so stay tuned but I have some doubts. The recipe says to “pour” half the batter….My batter was thick & wasn’t anywhere near pourable. Also it didn’t seem like enough batter for that size pan but we’ll see in 45 minutes or so!🤞🤞
Mine was not pourable either and the finished product was very dry. This seas a fail.
Delicious and easy recipe. I cut the sugar in the batter in half and used only 1/3 cup and it was plenty sweet enough for me. Added a generous dash of allspice to the cinnamon sugar mix just because.
This recipe is so easy to make, uses simple ingredients, smells amazing, and tastes fantastic. Printing and filing it in my recipe box to make many more times.