Apple Cinnamon Swirl Bread

You guys know I have been loving my apple recipes here lately. Especially since it is finally apple season! And I thought today I would share with you all this yummy apple cinnamon swirl bread recipe!

If you want a delicious bread that pairs well with coffee and is the perfect amount of both apple and cinnamon, this recipe is for you! And it is relatively easy to make as well. The only thing that takes awhile is the actual baking time. Other than that, the prep work is relatively minimal.

Keep on reading for the full recipe. As well as my tips and tricks on how to bake this apple cinnamon swirl bread to perfection!

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This post also is a part of the Cozy Creative Blog Hop that I am a part of every single month with several other talented ladies! If you came over from Heidi’s Post, thank you! I hope you enjoy my recipe too!

Apple Bread Ingredients

2 Cups of White Granulated Sugar

4 Cups of All Purpose Flour

2 Tablespoons Baking Powder

1 Teaspoon Salt

1 Tablespoon Cinnamon

2 Eggs

2 Cups of Milk

2/3 Cup of Vegetable Oil

1 Large Apple, Diced and Peeled

Apple Cinnamon Swirl Sugar Topping:

2/3 Cup of White Granulated Sugar

1 Teaspoon of Cinnamon

Making The Bread

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and grease some bread pans. I used two bread pans for this recipe. Then, peel, dice, and chop your apple. I used a honey crisp apple because that’s what I had on hand but you could really use whatever apple you wanted.

Then, you want to combine all the dry ingredients except the cinnamon in a large mixing bowl. After that, combine all the wet ingredients into another mixing bowl. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix well. Then add in your cinnamon and diced apple.

To make the cinnamon sugar topping, simply mix the 2/3 cup white granulated sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon together. This topping is completely optional, but it does make the apple bread even more tasty in my opinion!

Spoon cinnamon sugar mixture on top of bread and then use a butter knife to swirl the mixture into the dough. Bake the bread in preheated oven for 1 hour 10 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the bread comes out clean.

Tips and Tricks

Anytime I am making a bread recipe, I always place the bread loaves onto a cooking sheet to prevent dough from overflowing and causing a mess in the bottom of my oven. And thank goodness I did it for this recipe especially. My bread definitely overflowed and caused a mess, but thankfully it was all caught on the baking sheet and not my oven!

And I think that happened mainly because I definitely overfilled my bread pans. You really shouldn’t fill it more than two thirds of the way full, and mine was almost up to the top. What I should have done was to add a third bread pan and then not fill each one as full. I think that would have turned out perfectly then.

When serving, this bread is best warm and with a slab of butter on top too! It also goes amazingly well with a cup of coffee too! You can use this recipe as a dessert or even as a sweeter breakfast option too. Not going to lie, I had a slice of bread with butter for breakfast this morning myself!

And if you’re looking for even more apple recipes, be sure to check out my German Apple Pie, Easy Apple Dumplings With Crescent Rolls, or my Fresh Apple Walnut Cake With Caramel Glaze too!

Also, be sure to go check out Kelly’s post and see how she makes a cozy simmer pot this fall season!