APPLE PIE BREAD
This Apple Pie Bread is a recipe your family will love. Comes together quickly with a swirl in the center. It’s delicious!
If you are a fan of this bread you will definitely want to give our Best Banana Bread Ever a try! It has wonderful reviews!
❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE
This bread is wonderful with coffee and it comes together pretty quickly. The swirl center really is delicious and it’s great to take to any gathering or give as a gift. If you have followed our site for any amount of time you know we love breads, especially easy ones. You can use any apples in this recipe, we use any red type of apple. We recently remade this and used cosmic apples.
SWAPS
Someone always asks if they can use milk instead of buttermilk. I’m sure you can but it will change the fat content of the recipe. Even if you use a buttermilk substitute, it won’t have the same fat content. I do think it will work just fine with whole milk. If you are not a fan of the raisins, simply leave them out. It won’t hurt the recipe if you do. We love this made with pecans but you can easily use walnuts too, or no nuts at all.
This bread is unbelievably good.
I cook a lot but don’t normally review, but on this one I couldn’t help myself – I had to review. It makes a pretty loaf. I could have eaten the whole loaf. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
⭐TIP
Always cut quick breads with a serrated knife and cook on the middle oven shelf for best results. This is also good warm with a cup of coffee. You don’t have to add the glaze if you don’t want too.
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STORING, REHEATING & SERVING SIZE
We wrap this in aluminum foil or put it in a bread container. We heat a slice in the microwave if we want it warm. It makes one loaf about 6-8 servings.
Apple Pie Bread
Ingredients
Batter
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup white granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup butter or 8 tablespoons or 1 stick melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups shredded peeled apples (I used red delicious)
Swirl
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup chopped nuts pecans or walnuts
- 3/4 cup raisins
Topping for Cooked Apple Bread
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons milk more or less
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Whisk together the flour, salt and baking soda in a large bowl. Add white sugar, melted butter, vanilla extract, sour cream, buttermilk and eggs. Mix well with a spoon. Fold in shredded apples. Spray a 9 x 5 bread pan with cooking spray and add the batter.
Swirl Instructions
- Mix together with a spoon and spread over batter as in photo below. Take a knife and swirl into batter.
- Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 65 to 70 minutes testing to make sure bread is done in center. Let cool 10 to 15 minutes and remove from pan.
Topping Instructions
- Mix together with spoon and drizzle over bread once bread has cooled.
Notes
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I’ve got some dried apples – would I be able to use those instead of fresh apples?
You can always try it Judy, we have never made it that way so I can’t say.
Hello,
The recipe calls for 2 cups shredded apples how many apples (average sized) would I need to make the 2 cups. Thank you for your help.
Probably about 2 medium apples, if they are smaller, then probably 3.
Can you switch buttermilk with plain full fat yogurt?
We have never tried it but it may work just fine.
I have been baking for 50 yrs so my results can’t be from inexperience. All that topping(total of 2 1/2 cups of ingredients) poured onto top of 9×5 size loaf pan and swirled?? Most of it remained on top. The many raisins cooked into rocks and the nuts were so deep they fell off after baking. After buying sour cream,apples, nuts and buttermilk especially for this recipe it became a very expensive failure. Even tried eating the cake part and removing topping, but with only 1/2 cp of sugar it wasn’t sweet at all. Definitely a throw away!!
Hi Pat, gosh I wonder where it went wrong for you? If you read the comments, you’ll see that many people love this recipe and have never had any issues preparinng it. This is a very simple quick bread to prepare and shouldn’t have been difficult for you. It seems maybe you didn’t read the directions properly? The topping is not swirled in to the bread, the SWIRL is. If it remained on top for you, my guess is you didn’t swirl it properly. Maybe that is where it went sideways for you? In my many years of baking/cooking experience I’ve come to learn that not everyone can make every recipe. That is what makes cooking and baking fun, sometimes it’s simple and other times it’s challenging! 😉 Better luck next time!
After reading your comment I figured with my baking experience maybe I should try it as well. Something must have gone wrong on your end because my bread came out wonderful. I had no issues and we all loved it. This is a true example of you can’t go by comments. I’m glad I tried it!
Thrilled it worked for you! Glad you decided to give it at try, this recipe has always been a hit for us and we love it.
Love it! I made this last fall several times and I am about to make it again. Moist, flavorful, just delicious!
So moist & delicious!!! What a fantastic recipe! I came across another one of your recipes on FB and I needed to make something with all the apples I picked this week. WOW. Foolproof.
I used Honeycrisp Apples which are my favorite. But I was surprised that I couldn’t taste the apple flavor very well. Wonder if I could substitute the buttermilk for apple cider? Or does that play a significant part in the bread’s structure? I would love to hear your thoughts! Thank you!
I would not take the buttermilk out of this bread. The buttermilk definitely contributes to the texture of the bread. My guess is that your apples didn’t have a strong flavor so maybe try a different type of apple next time. Thanks!
Can you use almond flour. Can’t have regular.
I’ve never made this with almond flour so I can’t advise. Thanks!
Loved it! Made several times.
Question…. is this adaptable to muffins?
Thank you for this quick, easy, delicious dessert!
I was mixing this tired and accidentally put in too much buttermilk. Luckily, because I reread the instructions I was able to pour some out before I mixed the batter. I didn’t have a pan big enough to double the recipe. I also used the additional buttermilk as a substitute for the sour cream (I only had 2 tbsp of sour cream. I was tired so I just cubed the apples instead of shredding them. Still tasted good! It was crispy on the sides and edges and I had to take it out of the oven at 55 minutes.
This recipe is tired-proof! Haha.
I’m going to look for more apple recipes because I live in Washington and they’re always around.
Thanks again!
The apple pie bread was delicious, it went fast in our home.
Wonderful! We’re thrilled you enjoyed it.
Delicious apples pie bread so good and thank you for sharing a five stars ⭐️
Going to make this do you think raisins would work if soaked in amarreto?
Yes, that should work for you Carol.
bl….dy great tasting treats
all look great
Looks yummy. Is the 350 oven temp for dark metal pans as well as glass bread pans? Thanks!
Yes, I have used both at this temperature.
Hi. I don’t buy buttermilk since nobody cares for it. Is there anything else I can use for substitute in Apple Pie Bread.
Hi Karen, You can make a substitute for buttermilk. Just click the link to find out how. Also, you can probably use just regular milk and be ok with this recipe. https://thesouthernladycooks.com/2014/10/22/handy-food-tip-substitute-for-buttermilk-in-recipes/
Try Lactaid and put a little vinegar in it to sour. I don’t know if it will work or not, but I’d try it before mixing any of the other ingredients together.
This bread is unbelievably good. I cook a lot but don’t normally review, but on this one I couldn’t help myself – I had to review. It makes a pretty loaf. I could have eaten the whole loaf.
Thank you, Karen! So happy you like this bread and thank you for letting me know.Have a great weekend.
Made this tonight. Soaked the raisins in bourbon, very good. This is a keeper.
Thank you so much Marie! Happy you enjoyed this recipe.
Made this last night and really enjoyed it. Left off raisins(preferences) and husband says ‘it’s a keeper recipe’. I agree.
Thank you so much Jennie for letting me know and happy you all enjoyed the bread. Have a great weekend.
Thank You !! I do NOT eat raw apples, but Love cooked apples. This Apple Bread sounds so Good !!…Will be making some asap !!
Mine is in the oven as I type this. Can’t wait! Will post follow up after it’s gone!!!
The Apple Pie Bread looks delicious! I will be making it soon! Thank you for posting it!