Episode 11

Last month, when I read The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living, I fell in love with the idea of going to Vermont in the fall and picking apples. Olivia Rawlings, the Sugar Maple Inn’s resident baker, helps create an amazing menu for the town’s annual Harvest Festival which includes goat cheese on apple spice bread. All I’ve been able to think about for the last couple of weeks is making apple bread. Okay, that’s not all I’ve been able to think about, but I’ve been thinking about it a lot 🙂

So, I had some free time over the weekend and decided now was my time to make this apple spice bread. And I’m so glad I did because it is probably in my top five things that I’ve ever made.

Take a look below!

Apple Spice Bread

Ingredients

Streusel Topping:

• 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon or apple pie spice
• 1/4 cup all purpose flour
• 1/4 cup chopped pecans
• pinch of salt
• 3 tbsp unsalted butter, melted

Bread:

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 cup unsweeteneed apple sauce
• 2 large eggs
• 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 2 cups peeled grated honeycrisp apple (approx. 2.5 apples)

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 10 x 5 loaf pan.
2. Combine brown sugar, cinnamon, flour, pecans and salt. Add melted butter and stir until combined. Place the topping in the refrigerator while you prepare the bread.
3. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Set aside.
4. In a large bowl, whisk oil, brown sugar, applesauce, eggs and vanilla until well combined. Add the flour to the wet ingredients, and stir with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula until the flour is almost completely mixed in.
5. Stir in the grated apples until fully combined, being careful not to overmix.
6. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle the streusel topping over the top.
7. Bake for 55 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean (start checking around 50 minutes.)
8. Cool pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes, then carefully remove the bread from the pan and place on a wire rack to cool completely.

Notes

• I used the medium holes of a box grater.
• The apples will be juicy when you start grating them. Use a paper towel to absorb the excess liquid.
• I used Honeycrsip apples, but feel free to use whatever type of apple is your favorite.
• The longer you let this cool, the easier it is to cut.

I know everyone is allllll about pumpkin everything right now, and pumpkin bread is next on my list of things to bake, but seriously, you need to give this a try. Plus, it is super easy and you probably have most of the ingredients already in your pantry.

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Cheers – MP