Apple Streusel Bread
The softest bread filled with warm spices, tender apples and topped with a sweet streusel topping.
Servings: 1 9x5 loaf
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cup light brown sugar packed
- 1 tbs cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbs vanilla extract
- ½ cup applesauce
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- ½ cup milk
- 1 cup chopped apples
Filling
- 1 tbs cinnamon
- 1 tbs granulated sugar
Topping
- ½ cup old fashioned rolled oats
- ½ tbs all-purpose flour
- 2 tbs light brown sugar packed
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tbs unsalted butter softened
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 9x5 loaf pan very well.
- In a large bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, salt, brown sugar and spices.
- Make a well in the center and add eggs, vanilla, applesauce, oil and milk. Beat until combined. Fold in chopped apples by hand.
- In a small bowl, stir together the cinnamon and sugar for the filling.
- In another bowl, whisk oats, flour, brown sugar and cinnamon. Cut in butter until evenly distributed.
- Pour half of the batter into the prepared pan and sprinkle the cinnamon sugar on top. Top with remaining batter and sprinkle streusel topping on top in an even layer.
- Bake for 50-60 minutes OR until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out only with a few moist crumbs.
- Allow bread to cool in pan for 10 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack to finish cooling.
Notes
Storage instructions: Apple bread will stay fresh for up to 5 days stored in an airtight container at room temperature.
Freezing Instructions: Freeze completely cooled apple bread either in individual slices or the whole loaf by wrapping tightly in plastic wrap and placing in a freezer bag. Freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw in refrigerator overnight.