Apple Bread

4.4 Stars (1113 Reviews)

Yield: 16 servings

prep time: 20

cook time: 55

total time: 1 15

This quick and easy apple bread recipe is loaded with shredded apples, ensuring moist, delicious fresh apple flavor and texture in every bite!

Ingredients

4 cups shredded fresh apple, from approximately 4 large peeled apples (Use apples that are flavorful and firm, and hold their shape when baking, such as Haralson, Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, etc.)
2 cups sugar
½ cup vegetable oil
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 cup chopped roasted pecans or walnuts, optional (I love the ones from Trader Joe's!)
1 cup raisins, Craisins, or chopped dates
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon Morton kosher salt
1 tablespoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon nutmeg

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 8" x 4" bread pans and set aside.
Using the large holes on a box grater, shred peeled apples down to the cores; discard the cores, until you have 4 cups of shredded apple.
In a large bowl, fold together shredded apples and sugar, and let sit for 15 minutes until sugar dissolves. There will be a lot of liquid.
Add oil, eggs, vanilla, pecans, and raisins, and stir to incorporate.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
Fold dry ingredients into the apple mixture, just until mixed. Divide evenly amongst prepared loaf pans.
Bake 55 minutes, or until golden and center tests done with a toothpick. Remove pans from oven to cooling rack and let cool for 10 minutes. Then turn breads out of pan onto rack to cool completely before slicing.

Notes

If you do not like nuts or raisins in your apple bread, just leave them out. The bread will turn out just fine.

Recipe from Mom’s recipe box, originally from Wanda's Country Home

Nutrition Information:

Serving: 1 Calories: 330kcal Carbohydrates: 62g Protein: 4g Fat: 8g Saturated Fat: 1g Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g Cholesterol: 23mg Sodium: 288mg Fiber: 3g Sugar: 39g

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