This straightforward and scrumptious Apple Bread is the proper lightened-up fall baking recipe to fulfill your style buds and make your kitchen scent wonderful. Good to serve for breakfast, brunch, as a snack, or as a tasty potluck crowd-pleaser! The bread is moist and fluffy and filled with autumn spices and candy, juicy chunks of apple. Though this recipe makes use of much less sugar than most of the related recipes on the market, I feel you’ll discover it’s simply candy sufficient! Every slice of Apple Bread is simply 120 energy or 4 WW Factors on the present Weight Watchers program (or 5 Factors if following the diabetic WW program)! I really like that I virtually at all times have all of the elements to make this recipe available in my kitchen and it’s really easy to make you may make Apple Bread everytime you’re within the temper! To view your present WW Factors for this recipe and monitor it within the WW app or web site, click on right here!
Ingredient Notes
- Apples: I truthfully assume any crisp, crunchy apple that’s really useful for baking will probably be scrumptious on this bread. Honeycrisp, Fuji, Empire, Jonagold, Cortland, Braeburn, and Granny Smith are all good for baking. I often use Empire or Honeycrisp as a result of these are additionally the varieties I often have available for consuming!
- Different Sweeteners: I haven’t personally tried making this utilizing a zero-calorie sweetener rather than sugar, however I really feel assured that it might work out simply superb. Simply be certain that the sweetener you’re utilizing has a 1:1 substitution ratio with sugar in order that the sweetness degree isn’t off.
- Add-Ins: I feel walnuts or pecans can be nice on this for those who’d like so as to add nuts! Raisins may be a tasty addition. Remember that both of those add-ins will after all have an effect on the vitamin data/WW factors listed for those who’re monitoring both.
Storage Ideas:
You possibly can retailer this Apple Bread by putting it on a paper towel in an hermetic container and leaving it on the counter for 4-5 days, or by placing the container within the fridge.
To Freeze:
I really like how simply this Apple Bread comes collectively, and it’s nice to bake as soon as and eat for just a few days straight! You may also freeze it by simply wrapping the loaf or particular person slices in plastic wrap as soon as they’re fully cool and placing them in a freezer bag. You possibly can both defrost them to room temp or warmth them up within the microwave earlier than consuming.
Need less difficult, tasty, lightened up baked items?
On the lookout for extra tasty sorts of lightened up muffin and fast bread recipes? Try my Pumpkin Cream Cheese Swirl Muffins, Carrot Cake Bread with Cream Cheese Glaze, Blueberry Bread, Banana Zucchini Muffins, Pineapple Upside Down Baked Oatmeal Singles, Morning Glory Muffins, Strawberry Rhubarb Muffins, Carrot Muffins, Chocolate Raspberry Muffins, Apple Cinnamon Muffins, Banana Blueberry Muffins, Pumpkin Zucchini Muffins, and extra within the Muffins part of my recipe index!
Apple Bread
This straightforward and scrumptious Apple Bread is the proper lightened-up fall baking recipe to fulfill your cravings and make your kitchen scent wonderful!
- 1 giant egg
- 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 tablespoons gentle butter, melted (I take advantage of Land O’Lakes gentle butter unfold with canola oil within the tub)
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon floor cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon floor cloves
- 1 ½ cups peeled and chopped apple
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Pre-heat the oven to 350 levels. Mist a 9” x 5” loaf pan with cooking spray and put aside.
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In a big mixing bowl, add the egg, applesauce, sugar, and vanilla extract and stir collectively till effectively mixed. Add the melted butter and stir collectively.
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In a separate mixing bowl, add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, and cloves and whisk till mixed. Add the dry elements to the moist elements and stir collectively till simply mixed right into a batter. Stir the chopped apples into the batter till mixed.
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Pour the batter into the ready loaf pan. Bake for 45-50 minutes till a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clear.
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Switch the bread within the loaf pan to a wire cooling rack and funky within the pan for 10 minutes. After the ten minutes, invert the pan to launch the bread onto the cooling rack after which flip it over in order that it’s proper facet up. Enable the bread to relaxation instantly on the rack till cool. As soon as the bread is cool, slice the loaf into 12 (3/4” thick) slices.
WW Factors per slice: 4* (SP calculated utilizing the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)
*5 Factors per slice if following the diabetic WW plan
Vitamin Info per (1 slice) serving:
120 energy, 22 g carbs, 9 g sugars, 2 g fats, 1 g saturated fats, 2 g protein, 1 g fiber, 183 mg sodium (from myfitnesspal.com)
Weight Watchers Factors Plus:
2 per (1 slice) serving (P+ calculated utilizing the recipe builder within the WW app)
