Apple fritter bread is easy to make! Loaded with apples, spices, and drizzled in glaze, this bread is comforting and delicious.
You might also like my pull-apart apple cinnamon bread, cinnamon swirl bread, or apple cider muffins.
There is nothing more comforting than homemade bread loaded with fall spices and baked apples. This apple fritter bread is delicious and incredibly easy to make. I've been making my popular apple pull-apart bread for years. It's a recipe inspired by the apple bread my grandpa used to bring us on the weekends from his favorite bakery. I wanted to make a quick-bread version of his delicious bread. The same flavors and spices, but a technique so easy it's foolproof. If you can make muffins, you can make apple fritter bread; it really is that easy!
Why I Like This Recipe
- Quick bread. Apple fritters are made with a basic batter, similar to muffin batter. This bread is the same. Unlike yeast breads, which take 3 hours to make, this bread comes together in just over an hour. No yeast, no proofing, just mix and bake.
- Easy to customize. Add walnuts, pecans, raisins, or any other mix-ins! I used a simple 2-ingredient glaze for the top of the bread, but you can also use the brown sugar maple glaze that I dip my baked pumpkin donuts in for a delicious twist.
- Simple ingredients. The batter is a basic muffin batter, made with ingredients that you likely already have on hand. The filling is made from apples and spices. Simple, but full of flavor.
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Tips and Tricks
- Choose your apples. You can use any kind of apples that you'd like. I like baking with Granny Smith apples, or a combination of Granny Smith and a sweeter apple for the perfect balance of flavor and texture. Granny Smith apples bake up beautifully and have a tart, yet sweet, flavor.
- Chop the apples small. For small bits of apple throughout the bread, ensure that you dice the apples into small pieces. Larger pieces may fall to the bottom of the pan during the baking process, but smaller pieces stay in place, ensuring you get apples and cinnamon in every bite.
- Bake for an hour. This bread needs to bake for a full 60 minutes. If you notice the top of the bread browning too quickly you can tent with foil during the last 15 minutes of baking.
- Allow bread to cool completely. I know, everyone loves fresh bread from the oven, but for quick breads, you really do need to allow them to cool completely. They are much easier to slice, and the texture is much sturdier when cool.
Ingredients
- Apples: Use any variety you'd like. I like baking with Granny Smith apples, or a combination of Granny Smith and a sweeter apple for the perfect balance of flavor and texture. Granny Smith apples bake up beautifully and have a tart, yet sweet, flavor.
- Cinnamon and nutmeg: These are my favorite spices to pair with apples. A hefty dose of cinnamon and a tiny amount of nutmeg.
- Brown sugar: Brown sugar mixes with cinnamon for a delicious coating to sprinkle over the bread as well as inside the bread. The brown sugar breaks down during the baking process, giving the bread swirls of caramel flavor throughout.
- All purpose flour
- Salt and baking powder: For leavening and texture.
- Eggs: For richness and texture.
- Milk: Milk is used both in the batter as well as in the glaze.
- Oil: You can use oil or melted butter.
- Sugar: The sugar sweetens the bread and brings out the flavor of the apples.
- Powdered sugar: Used to create a yummy glaze to drizzle over the apple fritter bread.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
How To Make Apple Fritter Bread
Step 1: Combine brown sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Set aside.
Step 2: Peel and dice two apples. Sprinkle with sugar, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Set aside.
Step 3: Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl. Add eggs, oil, and milk. Mix until a smooth batter forms.
Step 4: Grease a 9x5" loaf pan. Spoon ½ of the batter into the pan. Top with ½ of the diced apples and ½ of the brown sugar mixture.
Step 5: Repeat this process with the remaining batter, diced apples, and brown sugar mixture.
Step 6: Bake at 350 degrees for 60 minutes, tenting the loaf with foil after 45 minutes to prevent the top from getting too brown. Let bread cool for 15 minutes, then remove from pan and cool completely on a wire cooling rack.
Step 7: Combine powdered sugar and milk in a bowl until smooth and creamy.
Step 8: Drizzle glaze over the cooled loaf.
Apple fritter bread is best eaten within 3 days. Cover the loaf with plastic or place it in a bag to keep it fresh.
Apple Fritter Bread FAQs
Apple fritter bread is best eaten within 3 days. Cover the loaf with plastic or place in a bag to keep fresh.
The best baking apples are varieties with firm flesh, such as Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, and Fuji. They don't break down and turn to mush when baked, but still retain some shape. For a balanced flavor, I prefer using two types of apples. A firm tart one like Granny Smith and a sweeter apple like Honeycrisp or Gala.
Absolutely! To make apple fritter muffins, prepare the batter, then fold the apples into the batter instead of layering. Scoop a heaping tablespoon of batter into each muffin cup, then sprinkle with the brown sugar and cinnamon mixture. Add another tablespoon of batter, then top with more brown sugar and cinnamon. Bake for 22-25 minutes. Once the muffins have cooled, drizzle with the glaze.
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Apple Fritter Bread
Ingredients
Brown Sugar Filling
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Apple Filling
- 2 medium apples peeled and diced
- 2 Tbsp. sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
Batter
- 2 cups flour
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x5" loaf pan.
- Combine brown sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Set aside.
- Peel and dice two apples. Sprinkle with sugar, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Set aside.
- Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl. Add eggs, oil, and milk. Mix until a smooth batter forms.
- Grease a 9x5" loaf pan. Spoon ½ of the batter into the pan. Top with ½ of the diced apples and ½ of the brown sugar mixture.
- Repeat this process with the remaining batter, diced apples, and brown sugar mixture.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 60 minutes, tenting the loaf with foil after 45 minutes to prevent the top from getting too brown. Let bread cool for 15 minutes, then remove from pan and cool completely on a wire cooling rack.
- Combine powdered sugar and milk in a bowl until smooth and creamy.
- Drizzle glaze over the cooled loaf.
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