High Altitude Apple Bread with Cinnamon Streusel
Wild Flour Recipes | Baking at 8,000 ft
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High Altitude Apple Bread with tender chunks of spiced apples, a hint of warm cinnamon, and a perfectly buttery, crunchy streusel topping that takes it over the top
Yield: 8 slices
Equipment
- 2 mixing bowls
- 1 bread pan
Ingredients
Apple Mixture
- 2 cups apples 1/2" chunks
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- ½ cup brown sugar
Bread Dough
- ½ cup butter melted
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- ⅓ cup white sugar
- 2 eggs large
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ¾ cup all purpose flour
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
Streusel Topping
- ¾ cup all purpose flour
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup butter melted
Instructions
- PREHEAT OVEN & PREPARE PAN – preheat the oven to 350°F and lightly grease your bread pan
- PEEL, CORE, & CUT APPLES – cut the apples into 1/2 inch pieces
- COMBINE APPLE MIXTURE – mix together apple chunks, cinnamon, and brown sugar until the apples are thoroughly coated
- COMBINE BREAD DOUGH – melt the butter, then add all the ingredients together. Mix until the batter is smooth.
- ASSEMBLE BREAD – add half of the bread dough into the prepared bread pan. Then add half of the apple mixture on top of the dough. With a spoon lightly swirl the dough and apples together. Then repeat for the second half of the bread dough and apple mixture.
- COMBINE STREUSEL TOPPING – melt the butter and mix in the rest of the ingredients with a fork to create clumps.
- ADD STREUSEL TO BREAD PAN – sprinkle the streusel topping on top of the assemble bread dough and apples
- BAKE – bake the apple bread at 350°F for 60 minutes or until the center is fully baked. Test the center by sticking a toothpick in and make sure it comes out clean.
- COOL & REMOVE FROM PAN – allow the bread to cool in the pan for 15 minutes. Run a knife around the edges of bread to loosen from the pan. Then carefully turn pan over and very slowly life the pan up to loosen the bottom.