Moist Apple Bread with Cinnamon Glaze
This moist apple bread recipe is simple to make. It’s filled with juicy apple pieces and warming spices and topped with a cinnamon glaze.
This quick bread can be whisked together in 15 minutes! It’s bursting with delicious apple flavor, plenty of spice, all wrapped up in a moist, buttery cake.
I add both butter and oil to the batter, the addition of oil keeps it moist for days! A little yogury brings a little acidity for an extra tender crumb. Then there are the usual apple spices – cinnamon, nutmeg, and ground ginger. If you want a cake with less spice, but celebrates the apple, check out this Dutch apple cake.
You can use many varieties of apples for this loaf. For sweet apples, try Honeycrisp, Pink Lady, or Braeburn. If you like a tarter bite, try Granny Smith apples. Ultimately, you can use whatever variety you’ve got. I like to leave them unpeeled.
Let’s see how it’s done!
- I bake mine in a 8.5 x 4.5 inch loaf pan, but you can also use a 9×5 inch one for a slightly flatter loaf.
- Chope the apples up – I leave the peel on. Toss em in cinnamon.
- Whisk your dry ingredients
- And the wet ingredients.
- Fold everything together – it makes a thick batter.
- Spoon into the pan and bake.
- Let the bread cool before glazing.
- Whisk powdered sugar, cinnamon and milk.
- Drizzle this over the bread.
Serving and storing
This apple bread is delicious on the day it is made, but it lasts well in the following days, too! Leftover apple bread can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days or refrigerated for up to 5 days.
Moist Apple Bread Recipe
Ingredients
Apples
- 300 g fresh apples around 3 medium or 2 large
- 25 g granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Batter
- 250 g all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 85 g butter, melted
- 28 g olive oil or vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
- 100 g soft brown sugar
- 50 g granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 125 g sour cream or natural yogurt
Cinnamon Glaze
- 120 g powdered sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1-2 Tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (180°C)
- Line a 8.5 x .4.5inch loaf pan with parchment paper. You can also use a 9×5 inch pan for slighter less high loaf.
- Core and chop the apples into chunks, around 1/2 an inch in size. You can peel them, but I like them unpeeled. Add the apples to a bowl with cinnamon and sugar. Toss to coat and set aside.
- Whisk the spices, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and flour in a small bowl. Set aside
- Mix the melted butter, oil, sugars, sour cream, vanilla, and eggs in a large mixing bowl.
- Fold through the dry ingredients, followed by the chopped apple pieces. The apple bread batter will be very thick.
- Spoon into the prepared pan and bake for around 60-70 minutes until a skewer inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean. Let the apple bread cool in the pan for 15 minutes before removing it and allowing it to cool further on a wire rack.
- When the apple bread has cooled to room temperature. mix together powdered sugar, cinnamon, and just enough milk to create a smooth and pourable paste. Drizzle this over the bread.
