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Double-Apple Walnut Bread Recipe

Double-Apple Walnut Bread Recipe
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Sam Jones/Vaughn Communications
Written By: Samantha Jones Multimedia Manager at Vaughan Communications
Yield
Makes 1 loaf
Category
Bread
Course
Breads
Sources
The Old Farmer's Almanac Everyday Baking

Our Double-Apple Walnut Bread is the perfect bread for fall! Packed with fruit and walnuts, it just tastes like autumn and is a great seasonal alternative to traditional banana bread.

Served warm or cold, this apple walnut bread makes a great breakfast, snack, or dessert! 

Read more about the best apples for cooking and baking.

Ingredients
1 cup sweetened or unsweetened applesauce
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar, divided
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 large eggs
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup plain or vanilla yogurt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup peeled, cored, and finely diced apple
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter a 9x5-inch loaf pan and line with parchment paper, if desired.
  2. Combine applesauce, 1/2 cup of sugar, brown sugar, eggs, oil, yogurt, and vanilla in a bowl. Whisk to blend.
  3. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a separate bowl. Make a well and add the applesauce mixture. Stir until combined. Fold in diced apples and walnuts. Scrape batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top. Sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon of sugar.
  4. Bake on the center oven rack for 50 to 55 minutes, or until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean.
  5. Transfer to a cooling rack for 10 minutes. Turn the bread out of the pan and cool thoroughly before slicing. 

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Samantha Jones

Samantha Jones

Multimedia Manager at Vaughan Communications

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Comments

<a title="View user profile." href="/author/jennifer-keating">Jennifer Keating</a> Tue, 10/24/2023 - 07:40

Look on the right of the page for the printer icon to make it print-friendly.

 <span>Jeanette Copeland</span> Sun, 10/22/2023 - 16:20
Would be helpful if your recipes were in a printable format..
<a title="View user profile." href="/author/jennifer-keating">Jennifer Keating</a> Tue, 10/24/2023 - 07:40

Look on the right of the page for the printer icon to make it print-friendly.

 <span>Guy Allingham</span> Thu, 09/08/2022 - 08:36
Thank you for your Double Apple and Walnut Cake recipe. I look forward to making it when it cools down and autumn finally arrives.
<span>Molly Kooney</span> Thu, 09/08/2022 - 08:29
It is disappointing that all of your recipes contain so much sugar. It is just not necessary.
<span>Julie</span> Sat, 10/21/2023 - 14:05
Easy fix, don’t add the sugar. I love this recipe it’s delicious and I make many, many of the recipes on the Almanac, I find them very good.
<span>Patricia</span> Sat, 10/21/2023 - 15:19
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<span>Vicki</span> Sun, 09/26/2021 - 11:08
This made a fantastic loaf! Used our own homemade apple sauce (no sugar added) and did not have yogurt so I substituted sour cream (no extra sugar). It was just perfect and incredibly moist. I personal observation - let the loaf sit in the pan to cool. We became impatient and the loaf broke apart when trying to take out of the baking pan whilst still hot. Wait about 10 minutes before doing this. I will make this again.
<span>Maryelizabeth</span> Sun, 10/22/2023 - 23:43
Great ideas for less sugar. I am highly allergic to sugar, however can sub with Honey. Also, gluten FREE is all my body can handle. I'm wondering how to add honey instead of sugars? And wondering how to sub gluten-FREE flour. Advice appreciated. Tks. Liz
<a title="View user profile." href="/author/editors">The Editors</a> Mon, 10/23/2023 - 09:29

Hi, Mary Elizabeth. You can sub a standard gluten free flour 1 for 1 for all-purpose flour. So in this recipe, you would use 2 cups of gluten free flour. However, this is not the case for honey because it is much sweeter than white sugar. You would sub at 1/2 ratio. This recipe calls for 1/2 cup of sugar, so you would instead use 1/4 cup honey.