Recipe: Apple Pie Bread

This easy, everyday apple-pie bread makes a great breakfast-on-the-go with a cup of coffee. 

The fragrant spices typical of apple pie and the tender bits of baked apple inside also make it worthy as a healthy after-dinner dessert. Enjoy it warm from the oven with a pat of butter or cream cheese or keep it on your counter for a tasty treat during the week.

Yield: 12 slices

Ingredients

• Baking spray with flour

• ⅔ cup granulated sugar

• ½ cup plain whole-milk Greek yogurt

• 2 large eggs

• ⅔ cup unsweetened applesauce

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 7 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, divided

• 1 cup all-purpose flour, plus 1 tablespoon, divided

• ¾ cup whole-wheat flour

• 1 teaspoon baking soda

• 1 teaspoon apple pie spice

• ½ teaspoon salt

• 1 large Granny Smith apple, diced (1/4-inch; about 1 cup)

• ½ cup coarsely chopped walnuts

• 3 tablespoons light brown sugar

• ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with baking spray.

Stir granulated sugar, yogurt and eggs together in a large bowl until well combined. Add applesauce, vanilla and 6 tablespoons melted butter; stir well to combine and set aside.

Whisk 1 cup all-purpose flour, whole-wheat flour, baking soda, apple pie spice and salt in a medium bowl. Add chopped apple and stir until the pieces are evenly coated. Add the flour-apple mixture to the egg mixture; stir until just combined. Spoon into the prepared loaf pan.

Combine walnuts, brown sugar, cinnamon and the remaining 1 tablespoon each melted butter and all-purpose flour in a small bowl. Sprinkle evenly on the batter in the pan.

Bake until a wooden pick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean, 55 to 60 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Gently turn out onto a wire rack; let cool completely, about 1 hour.

The bread will keep, well wrapped, at room temperature for up to three days or in the freezer for up to four months.

(Recipe from EatingWell.com)