Cinnamon glazed Apple Bread is a quick and easy bread for tea time or for breakfast. Chunks of apples in the bread taste delicious and the cinnamon glaze on the bread makes it even better.
Apple is one of my favorite fruits and something we always have in our fruit baskets. We use apples in many different ways other than just eating them. I have made several recipes with apples, Indian, and other cuisines.
I am still not done exploring many other possibilities. When I chose the theme Fall fruit dessert as this week's BM theme, the first fruit of choice was an apple.
Spiced Apple Jam is one of the very sought-after recipes at my house. I always have a batch of it in my refrigerator and my boys eat it with literally everything under the sky. I will list the other Apple recipes that I have made below.
Why does this recipe work?
The Lemon Blueberry Bread that I had made a while ago was very popular. The color of the bread was just so beautiful and that made it even more attractive to eat. I took inspiration from the same bread and played with the recipe a little and made this Cinnamon Glazed Apple Bread.
I used a part of whole wheat flour in this recipe and there was just no difference between the ones made with entirely All Purpose flour. My thoughts after baking are that this bread has an even greater texture and slices way more beautifully than bread made entirely with APF.
Cinnamon is the only predominant spice that I used in this bread as it is fall and what better than a whole house smelling of cinnamon and apples?
I used gala apples as we like slightly sweeter apples in our bread. Granny Smith is a popular apple for baking and has a more tart/sour flavor. Peeling the apple is important as the skin tends to become hard and chewy when baking.
I did not use lemon juice in my apples to preserve the color. Instead, I chopped the apple right before it was time to go into the batter. This way it maintained the color. The apples remained intact and had a pleasant bite to them after baking.
After baking this delicious cinnamon apple bread, if you have more Gala and Granny Smith Apples, try this apple pie with graham cracker crust.
Preparation time - 10 minutes
Baking time - 60 minutes
Difficulty level - Easy
Ingredients to make the Cinnamon Glazed Apple Bread - (makes one standard loaf pan)
- All Purpose Flour - 1 cup
- Whole Wheat Flour - ½ cup
- Cinnamon powder - 1 ½ tsp
- Baking powder - 1 tsp
- Salt - ½ tsp
- Butter - ⅓ cup (softened)
- Granulated sugar - 1 cup
- Eggs - 2
- Milk - ½ cup
- Apple - 2 cups (peeled and chopped fine)
For the Cinnamon Glaze -
- Powdered sugar - ¾ cup
- Cinnamon - ¾ tsp
- Milk - 1 to 2 tbsp
Procedure to make the Cinnamon Glazed Apple Bread -
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Line a standard 9 x 5 loaf pan with parchment paper or coat it with cooking/baking spray.
- In a medium bowl, add the flour, cinnamon, salt, and baking powder and whisk it well to combine. You could also sieve them, but just using a wire whisk and mixing works well.
- In the bowl of the mixer, cream the sugar and butter.
- Add the eggs and beat in medium-high until light and frothy.
- Add the flour mixture alternating with the milk and mix well to form a batter.
- Peel, core, and chop the apples into small pieces.
- Add the chopped apples to the batter and gently mix to combine evenly.
- Pour the batter into the prepared loaf and bake for about 55 to 60 minutes. Rotate the pan once in between for even baking. Insert a toothpick in the center of the loaf to see if it comes out clean. There will be a few wet crumbs attached to it and that is fine.
- Remove the pan from the oven and let the bread sit in the pan for about 10 minutes.
- Now remove the bread from the pan and let it completely cool down before glazing.
- To Prepare the Cinnamon Glaze - Combine all the ingredients mentioned in a small bowl, Make sure that the glaze is thick and not too runny. Drizzle the glaze evenly over the cooled bread and enjoy!
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Recipe
Cinnamon Glazed Apple Bread
Equipment
- bowl
- Pot
- spatula
- Oven
- food processor
Ingredients
- 1 cup All Purpose Flour
- ½ cup Whole Wheat Flour
- 1½ cup Cinnamon powder
- 1 teaspoon Baking powder
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- ½ cup Butter softened
- 1 cup Granulated sugar
- 2 Eggs
- ½ cup Milk
- 2 cups Apple peeled and chopped fine
For the Cinnamon Glaze -
- ¾ cup Powdered sugar
- ¾ teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1-2 tablespoon Milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Line a standard 9 x 5 loaf pan with parchment paper or coat with cooking/baking spray.
- In a medium bowl, add the flours, cinnamon, salt and baking powder and whisk it well to combine. You could also sieve them, but just using a wire whisk and mixing works well.
- In the bowl of the mixer, cream the sugar and butter.
- Add the eggs and beat in medium-high until light and frothy.
- Add the flour mixture alternating with milk and mix well to form a batter.
- Peel, core and chop the apples to small pieces.
- Add the chopped apples to the batter and gently mix to evenly combine.
- Pour the batter into the prepared loaf and bake for about 55 to 60 minutes. Rotate the pan once in between for even baking. Insert a toothpick in the center of the loaf to see if it comes out clean. There will be few wet crumbs attached to it and that is fine.
- Remove the pan from the oven and let the bread sit in the pan for about 10 minutes.
- Now remove the bread from the pan and let it completely cool down before glazing.
- To Prepare the Cinnamon Glaze - Combine all the ingredients mentioned in a small bowl, Make sure that the glaze is thick and not too runny. Drizzle the glaze evenly over the cooled bread and enjoy!
Amy Liu Dong says
This looks so easy and delicious, yum!
Varada says
Another perfectly baked recipe. I can just imagine the aroma in the house as this is bread bakes.
themadscientiststskitchen says
Beautiful bread Love it.
Chef Mireille says
what a perfect holiday bread - looks gorgeous
Sapana Behl says
Seriously so addictive looking bread and that cinnamon glaze is too tempting.
Priya Suresh says
Wish i get some slices of this ultimate apple bread and that glaze gives a rich look to this fantastic bread.
Priya says
Apple cakes are great at tea time. I keep making one. Looks very nice with glaze. Perfect tea time ancks or kids can have it with milk.
harini says
Looks so tempting, Sandhya. I think the glaze just made the difference 🙂
Srividhya Gopalakrishnan says
Love that bread texture and that glaze, omg so yum
Priya Srinivasan says
Pretty bread sandhya! Love that glaze on top! Perfect way to enjoy apples!
Srivalli says
I love apples in dessert too and the bread is one of the most cherished ways to enjoy..your bread looks so sinful Sandhya