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Double-Apple Walnut Bread Recipe

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Sam Jones/Quinn Brein
Written By: Samantha Jones Multimedia Manager at Vaughan Communications
Yield
Makes 1 loaf
Category
Bread
Course
Breads
Sources
The Old Farmer's Almanac Everyday Baking

Our Double-Apple Walnut Bread is the perfect bread for fall! Packed with fruit and walnuts, it just tastes like autumn and is a great seasonal alternative to traditional banana bread.

Served warm or cold, this apple walnut bread makes a great breakfast, snack, or dessert! 

Read more about the best apples for cooking and baking.

Ingredients
1 cup sweetened or unsweetened applesauce
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar, divided
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 large eggs
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup plain or vanilla yogurt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup peeled, cored, and finely diced apple
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter a 9x5-inch loaf pan and line with parchment paper, if desired.
  2. Combine applesauce, 1/2 cup of sugar, brown sugar, eggs, oil, yogurt, and vanilla in a bowl. Whisk to blend.
  3. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a separate bowl. Make a well and add the applesauce mixture. Stir until combined. Fold in diced apples and walnuts. Scrape batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top. Sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon of sugar.
  4. Bake on the center oven rack for 50 to 55 minutes, or until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean.
  5. Transfer to a cooling rack for 10 minutes. Turn the bread out of the pan and cool thoroughly before slicing. 

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Samantha Jones

Samantha Jones

Multimedia Manager at Vaughan Communications

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Comments

<span>Rita</span> Fri, 09/20/2019 - 01:05
No need to be ugly Vera. Why don’t you make it anyway you and Dr Oz would like and the rest of us will make it the way we would like it. Very sad, Its totally unnecessary to get negative and critical.
<span>Pat</span> Fri, 09/20/2019 - 12:16
Wondering if I could use Almond flour?? My friends are glucose sensitive and I would like to make this recipe, only, using the almond flour. Thanks..
<span>Kathy</span> Wed, 09/11/2019 - 14:17
My grandmother used recipes like this and she lived to be 101 years old, was never on any medications. I'd say that's eating pretty healthy!!!
<span>Linda Simmons</span> Sat, 10/21/2017 - 07:56
You need to use Dr Oz’s recipes. You don’t have to use this recipe if it’s not what you like.
<span>Denise Tornick</span> Thu, 09/28/2017 - 09:44
WOW Vera! Ever hear of "constructive" criticism?
<span>Lisa Kelley</span> Mon, 10/28/2019 - 15:30
Most people, when looking at a recipe that does not meet their particular eating style would just keep browsing until they ran across a website that promoted that suited them more. Maybe try that.
<span>Catherine</span> Sat, 01/14/2017 - 18:54
Thanks for posting. This is my favorite bread and I had lost the recipe. Nice to know the history.
<span>Carolyn</span> Wed, 09/25/2019 - 11:15
I substituted stevia and Splenda brown sugar Today and used butter instead of oil Cause that’s what I had I’ll update how yummy it was!