Cinnamon Apple Bread (Print Version)

Moist quick bread loaded with diced apples and warm cinnamon, featuring a sweet cinnamon sugar swirl throughout.

# What You'll Need:

→ Dry Ingredients

01 - 2 cups all-purpose flour
02 - 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
03 - ½ teaspoon baking soda
04 - ½ teaspoon salt
05 - 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon

→ Wet Ingredients

06 - ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
07 - ¾ cup granulated sugar
08 - ¼ cup brown sugar
09 - 2 large eggs
10 - ½ cup milk
11 - 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

→ Apples

12 - 2 cups peeled, diced apples (about 2 medium)

→ Cinnamon Sugar Swirl

13 - 2 tablespoons sugar
14 - 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

# How-To Steps:

01 - Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 9x5-inch loaf pan or line with parchment paper.
02 - In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon until well combined.
03 - In a large bowl, whisk the melted butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until well combined. Beat in the eggs, then stir in the milk and vanilla extract.
04 - Gradually fold the dry ingredients into the wet mixture until just combined. Be careful not to overmix.
05 - Gently fold in the diced apples until evenly distributed throughout the batter.
06 - In a small bowl, mix the sugar and cinnamon for the swirl until well blended.
07 - Pour half the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle half of the cinnamon-sugar mixture over the batter. Add the remaining batter and top with the rest of the cinnamon-sugar. Swirl with a knife for a marbled effect.
08 - Bake for 50–55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
09 - Let the bread cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before slicing.

# Expert Tips:

01 -
  • The cinnamon sugar swirl creates these gorgeous ribbons throughout every slice that make people think you spent hours on something magical
  • It uses basic pantry staples plus whatever apples you have sitting in your fruit bowl, turning ordinary into extraordinary
02 -
  • Overmixing after adding the flour makes the bread tough instead of tender, so fold like you mean it but gently
  • The swirl technique only works if you layer it exactly as described, otherwise the cinnamon sugar just sinks to the bottom
03 -
  • Use an apple corer and slicer to make the dicing process faster and more uniform
  • Let your eggs come to room temperature before starting, they incorporate way better into the melted butter mixture

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