Awesome Country Apple Fritter Bread
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Do You Love Apple Fritter Bread?
Have you ever had an apple fritter transformed into fluffy, buttery, white cake loaf with chunks of juicy apples and layers of brown sugar and cinnamon swirled inside and on top?
Drizzle with some old-fashioned creme glaze and devour with this Awesome Country Apple Fritter Bread!
Fall is the time of year when the scent of apples fills the air, and no other dessert captures this seasonal flavor quite like the classic country apple fritter bread. With a few simple ingredients and some basic baking know-how, you’ll soon be serving up delicious slices of this awesome country apple fritter bread.
If You Bake This, You’ll Get *Lots of Drooling and Lots of Happy Smiles*
We all love a sweet and comforting treat, and what could be better than a delicious apple fritter quick bread? This flavorful and easy to make recipe will have you baking up a delicious treat in no time. Packed with hearty apples and sweet cinnamon, this bread is the perfect breakfast or snack.
What’s nice about making this Awesome Country Apple Fritter Bread is, you don’t have to be an expert baker either. All you need is a 9×5 loaf pan to bake it in and it only takes 20 minutes or so to prepare and 60 minutes to bake.
Ingredients you Need for Our Easy Apple Fritter Bread Recipe
My all-time best tip is to not overmix quick breads. If you want more tips, check out these “Secret” Baking Tips for Quick Breads!
Brown Sugar/Cinnamon Mixture
Apple Bread Loaf Recipe
- softened butter
- granulated sugar
- eggs
- vanilla extract
- all-purpose flour or gluten-free flour
- baking powder
- milk of choice
Chopped Apple Mixture
- 2 large apples any kind, peeled and chopped or slice them small, but not fine. *(I like using Granny Smith apples or Honeycrisp)
- granulated sugar
- cinnamon
Old-Fashioned Creme Glaze
- powdered sugar
- milk or cream
See Recipe Notes for more substitutions and tips.
How to Make Apple Fritter Bread
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Use a 9×5-inch loaf pan and spray with non-stick spray, parchment paper or line with foil and spray with non-stick spray to get out easily for slicing.
Brown Sugar/Cinnamon Mixture
- Mix ⅓ cup brown sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon together in a bowl. Set aside.
Apple Bread Loaf Recipe
- Combine & whisk flour and baking powder together in another bowl and set aside.
- In another medium-sized bowl, beat ⅔ cup granulated sugar and ½ cup softened butter together using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy.
- Beat in eggs, one at a time until blended. Add in vanilla extract and mix in.
- Add the flour mixture into creamed butter mixture and mix until blended.
- Stir in ½ cup milk into batter and continue mixing until smooth. Make the chopped apple mixture.
Chopped Apple Mixture
- Toss chopped apples with 2 tablespoons granulated sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon in a bowl. Get ready for layering.
Layering Cinnamon Sugar mixture, Apples and Bread batter
- Pour half the apple bread batter into the prepared loaf pan and spread out, then top with half the chopped apple mixture.
- Next, sprinkle ½ of the brown sugar/cinnamon mixture. Get ready to repeat layers.
- Repeat Layer: Pour the remaining batter into the prepared loaf pan and spread out, then top with the remaining apples mixture.
- Next, sprinkle the remaining brown sugar/cinnamon mixture on top.
- Use a knife and swirl through the mixture a few times.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean, approximately 60 minutes.
Old-Fashioned Creme Glaze
- To make glaze, in a small bowl, mix ½ cup powdered sugar and 1 to 3 tablespoons milk or cream together until well mixed. (Place mixture in microwave for 10 seconds to get it pourable if it needs a boost.)
- Let loaf rest in pan for about 15 minutes before removing from pan to let cool off completely on a cooling rack. Drizzle with glaze.
- If you want more glaze, make a double batch.
How Do I Store Apple Fritter Bread?
- Store bread at room temperature for up to 4 days in airtight container. Slice as needed and for an extra yummy treat, place in the microwave for 10-20 seconds for a warm apple fritter bread delight!
Can I Freeze Apple Fritter Bread?
- Yes! Once baked & cooled, wrap in saran wrap or store in a freezer safe container or bag for up to 3 months. Freeze the loaf whole or cut it into slices to freeze it in individual portions. I would glaze after it’s thawed out overnight in the fridge, so it’s not as sticky.
More Inspiration to Bake More Quick Breads!
- Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Pound Cake Loaf
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- Country Cinnamon Swirl Buttermilk Loaf
- Easy Double Chocolate Banana Bread
- Perfect Chocolate Chip Banana Nut Bread
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Awesome Country Apple Fritter Bread
Ingredients
Brown Sugar/Cinnamon Mixture
- ⅓ cup light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Apple Bread Loaf Recipe
- ½ cup butter softened
- ⅔ cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs room temperature
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ¾ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ cup milk or almond milk room temp
Chopped Apple Mixture
- 2 large apples like Granny Smith, peeled and chopped small, but not fine.
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Old-Fashioned Creme Glaze
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1-3 tablespoons of milk or cream depending on thickness of glaze wanted. For more apple fritter style like the apple fritter donut- use more milk for a thinner glaze that you can pour over the whole loaf.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Use a 9x5-inch loaf pan and spray with non-stick cooking spray, can also line with foil or parchment paper to get out easily for slicing and spray with non-stick cooking spray.
Brown Sugar/Cinnamon Mixture
- Mix 1/3 cup brown sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon together in a bowl. Set aside.
Apple Bread Loaf Recipe
- Combine & whisk 1 & 1/2 cups flour and 1 & 3/4 teaspoons baking powder together in another bowl and set aside.
- In another medium-sized bowl, beat 2/3 cup granulated sugar and 1/2 cup softened butter together using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy.
- Beat in 2 eggs, one at a time until blended into the butter/sugar mixture; add in 1 & 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract and mix in.
- Add the flour mixture into creamed butter mixture and mix until blended.
- Mix 1/2 cup milk into batter and continue mixing until smooth.
Chopped Apple Mixture
- Toss chopped apples with 2 tablespoons granulated sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon in a bowl. Get ready for layering.
Assembling the Apple Fritter Layers
- Pour half the apple bread batter into the prepared loaf pan and spread out, then top with half the chopped apple mix.
- Sprinkle 1/2 of the brown sugar/cinnamon mixture on top. Get ready to repeat layers.
- Repeat Layer: Pour the remaining apple bread batter into the prepared loaf pan and spread out, then top with the remaining chopped apple mixture.
- Next, sprinkle the remaining brown sugar/cinnamon mixture on top.
- Use a knife and swirl through the mixture a few times.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean, approximately 60 minutes.
Old-Fashioned Creme Glaze
- To make glaze, mix 1/2 cup powdered sugar and 1 to 3 tablespoons milk or cream together until well mixed. (Place mixture in microwave for 10 seconds to get it pourable if it needs a boost.)
- Let loaf rest in pan for about 15 minutes before removing from pan to let cool off completely on a cooling rack. Drizzle with glaze.
- If you want more glaze, make a double batch. 🙂
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Notes
- For a more apple fritter style like the apple fritter donut, pour glaze on top of apple fritter cake, while it's still warm/hot.
- For a super double glaze: Use 3 tablespoons milk for a thinner glaze that you can pour and drench over the whole loaf and then make another batch again, using 1 tablespoon milk and then drizzle on top of the first glaze.
- I've also substituted this with 1/2 cup Greek Yogurt, 1/3 cup milk of choice and add 1/4 teaspoon baking soda instead of 1/2 cup milk as called out in the bread loaf ingredients.
- Vegan: Use flax eggs, earth balance and almond milk.
- Bake 30-40 min. for 2 loaf recipe (2 8x4 pans)
- 15-20 minutes for muffins
- 50 -60 minutes for one full loaf recipe (9x5 pan)
Crock Pot Express Lovers!!
Here’s some tips from my baking co-worker & friend Gerri Ruiz, if you want to use your Crock Pot Express to make this bread!
- Layer in the opposite direction. Start with the brown sugar/cinnamon mixture by placing in a greased 6 cup Bundt pan.
- Put 1 cup water in pot and set the the Bundt pan on trivet.
- Close lid and close steam knob.
- Set for 40 minutes on “Dessert” function or if manual, set on low pressure . Use the the Quick Pressure Release to release.
- Lift out with retriever tongs or something you don’t burn yourself with.
- Let cool for 15 minutes and place plate on top and turn cake onto plate. Glaze. ????
Hi Ann, I would say 2 cups worth would be sufficient. Sorry, you had to throw it away, and I hope you try it again, because it is very tasty! 🙂 Hope this helps!
I wonder if instead of saying two large apples you could list how many cups? My two large apples were perhaps too large because after an extra 20 minutes of baking the toothpick finally came out clean, but the bread did not cook thorough and I had to throw the whole thing away. Thanks, I imagine with accurate measurements this would be very delicious.
Thank you Mary! I know, she’s been contacted before…told me she would take it down, but looks like she didn’t.
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Hi Vanessa,
Hope this helps…
Bake 30-40 min. for 2 loaf recipe (2 8×4 pans) – If you only have one, may make some muffins with the extra batter/apples because it won’t all fit in an 8×4 pan.
15-20 minutes for muffins
50 -60 minutes for one full loaf recipe (9×5 pan)
Here you go Vanessa,
Ingredients in Metric
Brown Sugar/Cinnamon Mixture
73.33 g light brown sugar
0.99 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Apple Bread Loaf Recipe
113.5 g butter softened
133.33 g granulated sugar
2 eggs room temperature
1.48 teaspoons vanilla extract
187.5 g all-purpose flour
1.73 teaspoons baking powder
0.47 cup milk or almond milk room temp
Chopped Apple Mixture
2 large apples like Granny Smith, peeled and chopped small, but not fine.
1.97 tablespoons granulated sugar
0.99 teaspoon cinnamon
Old-Fashioned Creme Glaze
60 g powdered sugar
0.99 tablespoons of milk or cream depending on thickness of glaze wanted. For more apple fritter style like the apple fritter donut- use more milk for a thinner glaze that you can pour over the whole loaf.
so sorry Kim please scrap that last message its working now.. so its baking time. I only have an 8.5 x 4.5 inch loaf pan. is this recipe alright to still use?? and if so , how long to bake for please?
hi Kim sorry for late reply.. no I still cant get access the metric conversions.. it just wont work for me. could i maybe just ask for measurements in grams for flour, brown sugar and granulated sugar, milk and butter plz? I’ve done my own conversions but all are probably right off…
brown sugar. 73g
butter 113g
granulated sugar 133g
flour 187.5g and milk 125g
Vanessa, Can you check it again? thanks!
I’m trying to use the metric conversions of the recipe but when I press on that or the quantity neither work. is this just me or is there something that needs to be corrected on the website?
Wow! Those are some expensive apples, but sometimes yes it is worth it! Luckily the other items aren’t as expensive, so that helps as well! Thank you for the 5 star rating and letting me know this is your favorite bread! Mine too Taylor! 🙂
I have made this several times and it is without a doubt, my favourite quick bread recipe. I normally make two loaves at one time and freeze one. You have to know that I really like this when I spend $6.00 PER APPLE ( Granny Smith ). They are imported so prices are high but well worth it.
I hope you enjoy, and I tried to simplify it better for what was confusing I believe. Thanks for your feedback and Happy Holidays to you and your family!
Hi, I hate to say that adding amounts to the actual process is almost confusing. Just say what mixture you are talking about, or it sounds like you are adding to the amounts. Thanks for the recipe, it sounds great and can’t wait to make it.
Thank you so much Marla! It’s one of our favorites! I did take this apple bread recipe and make a muffin recipe because I wanted to make muffins too! Here is the linke how to make them: https://www.thebakingchocolatess.com/country-apple-fritter-muffins/ Enjoy and Happy Holidays!
Question: I would like to make these as muffins – all I am finding though is the baking time 15-20 minutes. I was wondering do you layer it the same way as the bread for muffins or is there something else I should know? How many muffins do the recipe make? Thank you – the bread was amazing by the way!!
This is perfect for Mother’s Day! I am so happy it was a hit! Thank you so much!
I just made this for Mother’s Day. It was a gigantic hit! Thanks for sharing.
It will still be fine if you swirl too much, it just won’t be concentrated cinnamon swirls. Will still taste amazing! Enjoy!
Love the recipe but is it possible to swirl too much ?
Thank you so much! xo
Love this recipe..
So happy to hear you enjoyed it Paul! Thank you for making it and wanting it make it again! Woohoo-It’s definitely a keeper! Happy New Year!
You are very welcome Dawn! Thank you so much for using it and making it gluten-free to suit your needs! xo
Turned out amazing! I used King Arthur Gluten Free 1:1 Flour and I’m extremely impressed with the outcome!
Thanks for the recipe!
So nice to hear Paul! Thank you so much!! Happy New Year!
Cake came out beautifully, moist yet with a nice crispy crust. Will make this recipe often. We didn’t think it needed it h the icing, as it is sweet enough as is.
Yes you can use buttermilk Philip! Enjoy!!
Can buttermilk be used instead of milk in the recipe?
Yay! I’m so happy it turned out awesome! Thank you so much for trying it Patricia! xo
Hi, I made the Country Apple Fritter Bread and it was awesome!!! I will definitely make it again, great recipe
What type of apples are you using Carla? If the texture of your bread is soggy and the middle has sunk, it means there was too much liquid in proportion to the dry ingredients, insufficient leavening, the batter stood too long before baking, or it’s underdone. Is your oven temperature working correctly? I’m happy it still tasted good, although something is not right.
i saw this on The Kitchen and just had to try it. I made it twice and both times the bottom was mushy so turned it upside down and baked it a little longer. Still had trouble slicing so it cane out more like a cobbler. Any idea what went wrong? BTW, it was still delIcious! Thank you, Carla H, Haslet TX
Just baked it today. Wow! Smelled wonderful as it was baking. And, it was delicious! Thank you for sharing!
You are very welcome Elizabeth! Happy Thanksgiving!
Very yummy! Thank you for sharing this! Will definitely keep this one handy.