This applesauce bread is packed with fall flavors and comes together quickly. I serve mine with homemade honey butter, because why not?
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time1 hourhr
Cooling Time30 minutesmins
Total Time1 hourhr40 minutesmins
Course: Quickbread
Cuisine: American
Keyword: applesauce bread, cinnamon honey butter, honey butter, how to make honey butter
Servings: 10
Calories: 340kcal
Author: Averie Sunshine
Ingredients
Bread
2large eggs
1cupcinnamon applesauceplain may be substituted, consider adding more cinnamon
¾cupgranulated sugar
½cupmelted coconut oilcanola or vegetable oil or melted butter may be substituted
¼cuplight brown sugarpacked
¼cupsour creamlite okay; Greek yogurt may be substituted
2teaspoonsvanilla extract
1tablespooncinnamonnot teaspoon
1teaspoonground nutmeg
pinchsaltoptional and to taste
1 ¾cupsall-purpose flour
1teaspoonbaking soda
½teaspoonbaking powder
Honey Butter
½cupunsalted butterextremely soft
¼cuphoneyor to taste
pinchcinnamonoptional and to taste
Instructions
Make the Bread
Preheat oven to 350F. Spray a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with floured cooking spray, or grease and flour the pan; set aside (don’t use an 8-by-4-inch pan; it’s too small)
In a large bowl, whisk together the first 7 ingredients, through optional salt.
Add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and stir until just combined; don’t overmix. Batter will be thick and with a few lumps. Don’t try to stir the lumps smooth.
Turn batter out into prepared pan, smoothing the surface lightly with a spatula.
Bake for about 56 to 63 minutes (I baked exactly 60), or until top is set and firm, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, or with a few moist crumbs, but no batter. In the last 15 minutes of cooking, tent bread with a sheet of foil (lay it loosely over top of pan) if your bread is looking a bit darker before you anticipate the center to cook through fully; I tented mine.
Allow bread to cool in pan on top a wire rack for at least 30 minutes before turning out onto rack to cool completely.
Honey Butter
Combine the butter (make sure it’s extremely soft and squishy), honey, and optional cinnamon in a small bowl and whisk vigorously until smooth and fluffy.
Extra portion will keep airtight in the fridge for at least 1 month.
Notes
Bread will keep airtight at room temperature for up to 5 days, or may be frozen for up to 6 months.