Grandma Barb's Shredded Apple Bread
Yield: 8 servings
This quick and easy apple bread recipe is loaded with shredded apples, ensuring moist, delicious fresh apple flavor and texture in every bite!
Ingredients
- 2 cups shredded fresh apple, from approximately 2 large peeled apples (Use apples that are flavorful and firm, and hold their shape when baking, such as Haralson, Honeycrisp, Granny Smith, etc.)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ½ cup chopped roasted and salted pecans or walnuts, optional (I like the roasted, salted pecans from Trader Joe's!)
- ½ cup raisins (or substitute chopped dates)
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon Morton kosher salt
- 1½ teaspoons cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
Instructions
- Note: I originally shared this recipe with quantities for 2 pans of apple bread. In October 2026, I updated the recipe card to make 1 pan of apple bread. If you would like to make 2 pans, see the Notes below where I provide those quantities. The Instructions remain unchanged, whether you make 1 pan or 2 pans.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour one light-colored 8" x 4" bread pan and set aside.
- Using the large holes on a box grater, shred peeled apples down to the cores; discard the cores, until you have 2 cups of shredded apple.
- In a large bowl, fold together shredded apple and sugar, and let sit for 15 minutes until sugar dissolves. There will be a lot of liquid.
- Add oil, egg, vanilla, pecans, and raisins to the apple mixture and stir to incorporate.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
- Fold dry ingredients into apple mixture, just until combined. Transfer batter to prepared loaf pan and lightly even out the top.
- Bake 55 minutes, or until top is golden and center tests done, with a toothpick coming out clean. Remove pan from oven to a cooling rack and let cool for 10 minutes. Then turn bread out of pan onto wire 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 adapted from Mom’s recipe box, originally from Wanda's Country Home
To make 2 pans of Apple Bread, you will need the following ingredients' quantities. Follow the Instructions in the recipe card above.
- 4 cups shredded fresh apple, from approximately 4 large peeled apples
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup chopped roasted and salted pecans or walnuts, optional
- 1 cup raisins, optional
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon Morton kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
Nutrition Information:
Serving: 1 Calories: 340kcal Carbohydrates: 56g Protein: 4g Fat: 12g Saturated Fat: 2g Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g Monounsaturated Fat: 4g Trans Fat: 0.05g Cholesterol: 23mg Sodium: 272mg Potassium: 171mg Fiber: 3g Sugar: 29g Vitamin A: 56IU Vitamin C: 2mg Calcium: 65mg Iron: 2mg
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