This applesauce bread recipe produces a sweet "quick bread" similar to banana bread... but with a mild apple flavor. Visit Bread Dad (BreadDad.com) for more easy quick bread recipes (i.e. banana bread and pumpkin bread).
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time1 hourhr
Total Time1 hourhr10 minutesmins
Course: Appetizer, Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: apple bread, apple nut bread, apple quick bread, applesauce bread, applesauce bread recipe, applesauce nut bread, applesauce quick bread
Servings: 12slices
Calories: 320kcal
Author: Bread Dad
Ingredients
1 3/4Cups Unsweetened Applesauce- 403 milliliters
1/2CupVegetable Oil- 115 milliliters- Use a neutral tasting vegetable oil such as corn or canola
2Eggs(large)
1CupLight Brown Sugar(packed cup) - 215 grams
2CupsAll Purpose Flour- 240 grams
1TeaspoonBaking Soda- 5 grams
1TeaspoonBaking Powder- 4 grams
1/2TeaspoonSalt- 3 grams
1 1/2TeaspoonsVanilla Extract- 7.5 milliliters
1 1/2TeaspoonsGround Cinnamon- 4.5 grams
1/4TeaspoonGround Nutmeg- 0.625 grams- I don't use a lot of this spice as it can be overpowering
1CupChopped Walnuts- 115 grams- Optional Ingredient -I think this applesauce bread tastes better with chopped walnuts. However, if you do not like walnuts or someone in your family has a nut allergy, you can make a plain version of this bread. Or you can replace the nuts with another ingredient such as chocolate chips, golden raisins, etc.
Instructions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
Lightly beat the eggs.
Stir the applesauce, vegetable oil, eggs and brown sugar together in a large bowl. FYI - Mixing in the brown sugar now helps to completely blend the sugar and allows you to spot any hard sugar lumps (that are easy to smash with a fork).
Mix in remaining ingredients (except the optional chopped walnuts). Stir until the batter is fully mixed. Don't overmix.
Optional - Stir chopped walnuts into the batter.
Pour the finished batter into a nonstick bread pan. Smooth out the top of the batter within the bread pan.
Optional - Sprinkle some chopped walnuts on top of the batter for an even "nuttier" appearance.
Place the bread pan in the oven. Try to center the bread pan in the middle of the oven for the best results. Wear oven mitts.
Bake in the oven for 60-65 minutes or until golden brown.
Take bread pan out of the oven and let the applesauce bread cool down in the bread pan for 10 minutes. Use oven mitts as the bread pan will be very hot coming out of the oven.
Do not remove the applesauce bread from the bread pan during this 10 minute cool down period. This finishes the baking process.
After 10 minutes, remove the applesauce bread from the bread pan. Place the applesauce bread on a wire cooling rack in order to completely cool. This cool down may take 1-2 hours. Gently slide a silicon spatula between the applesauce bread and the bread pan walls if the applesauce bread is stuck in the pan.
Please read the tips section on Bread Dad for extra information on how to make this recipe successfully & to avoid common quick bread problems.
Notes
This recipe includes optional chopped walnuts as an ingredient. Do not serve chopped walnuts to anyone with potential nut or peanut allergies. Nuts can be a potential choking hazard. Do not serve food with nuts to young children.This is a Bread Dad recipe and may not be copied or reproduced. Material on this website is copyright protected under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Legal Disclaimer
Nutrition estimate based on including the optional chopped walnuts. The nutritional information is provided using recipe tools such as WP Recipe Maker. These figures should only be considered as an estimate. They should not be construed as a guarantee of accuracy given visitors may use different serving sizes, ingredients, etc. See our legal disclaimer for additional nutrition disclosures.