This Snickerdoodle Apple Bread is CRAZY GOOD and makes your house smell amazing while it’s baking!! It’s an easy apple bread recipe that is topped with sweet cinnamon sugar, and when it bakes it gets this crunchy sugar crust that is amazing!
Looking for a classic snickerdoodle recipe? Try my easy snickerdoodle cookies. They come out perfect every time!
Oh friends. Today is a good day. Why you ask? Well, because it’s not yesterday. Yesterday was the worst. I mean, nothing SUPER bad happened, but it was just, “one of those days”. And now it’s today. It’s pretty great how the universe gives you a reset every 24 hours.
So we’re going to kick off the celebration of today with this Snickerdoodle Apple Bread.
What actually happened last week when I was making this, was I wanted to make a Chunky Apple Streusel Bread. BUT I was having another one of “those days” and added baking SODA instead of baking POWDER…AND the glorious streusel topping I made mysteriously disappeared whilst baking. To be honest with you, though, it still tasted magnificent..albeit a little squishy in the center from the buried streusel treasure. So even though I ate it, I knew it wasn’t the recipe I wanted to share.
So I went back to the drawing board and came out on the other side with this crackly, cinnamony, chunky, apple bread recipe. Never has chunky looked so good.
How to Make Snickerdoodle Apple Bread
The recipe for this apple bread is really very simple…and honestly it’s more like a cake disguised as bread.
- Grab a Granny Smith Apple, and peel and dice it up.
- The batter for the bread is much like a thick cake batter. I like to use my stand mixer for this!
- The best part is the cinnamon sugar topping, which kind of sits on top, but as it bakes it forms this crackly crust which is amazing!
Then you could wait until it’s cooled to slice it up or throw caution to the wind and get at it. I won’t be mad.
You guys might want to propose to me after this. Sorry, I’m taken.
Apple Cinnamon Bread
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 55 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
- Yield: 8-10 servings 1x
- Category: Bread
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Dessert
Description
This easy apple cinnamon bread is a soft and moist quick bread recipe loaded with sweet apples and cozy spice, topped with a crunchy cinnamon sugar topping.
Ingredients
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 Tbsp cinnamon
- 2 eggs
- 1 Tbsp vanilla
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 Granny Smith Apple, peeled and finely chopped
Cinnamon Sugar Topping:
- 2 Tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Spray a 9×5″ loaf pan with baking spray. Line the bottom and the ends of the pan with a strip of parchment paper (for easy removal) and spray again. Set aside.
- Whisk together salt, baking powder, and flour. Set aside.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer beat butter, both sugars, and cinnamon for 2 minutes on medium speed, scraping sides as necessary. Add in both eggs and vanilla and continue mixing until smooth, again scraping sides as necessary.
- Turn the mixer to low and add in flour mixture and milk in alternating additions, starting and ending with flour. Mix until just combined.
- Finally, add in apples and stir until just combined and pour batter into the prepared pan.
- Mix together the sugar and cinnamon for topping and sprinkle on top of the batter.
- Bake for 50-55 minutes until the bread is set and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Allow to cool in pan for 10 minutes and then remove and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
Notes
Store airtight at room temperature for up to 3 days.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 269
- Sugar: 24.3 g
- Sodium: 143.1 mg
- Fat: 10.4 g
- Carbohydrates: 40.6 g
- Protein: 3.8 g
- Cholesterol: 61.8 mg
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Looks delicious! I’m going to try it with Gala apples since I don’t have granny smith apples. I’ll let you know how it turns out. Take care 🙂
Happy to see there’s plenty of sugar in this bread.
Is it 1 cup packed brown sugar?
Great recipe! This bread is delicious!
I made this bread this morning, and it was great! My son is allergic to eggs, so I subbed in Ener-G egg replacer for the eggs. I am really happy with the results!
Wow! This looks amazing!
I printed this out and made it the next day – it was fantastic. My kids loved it and so did I. The cinnamon sugar topping was fantastic, as was the rest of the bread/cake. Easy to make. I even left the peel on the apple before dicing and you couldn’t tell at all, probably because it baked for so long. Thanks!
This looks amazing. I love the tutorials step-by-step additions. <3
HI Shelly.
I made this recipe today and have already eaten two pieces, so far.
This is one of the best apple recipes by far. And I made it gluten free. I do a lot of gluten free baking and I can guarantee that no one will be able to tell it is gluten free. The only thing I added to the recipe was
walnuts on top because I am a nut addict. So delicious and very light
in texture. The ratio of cinnamon to sugar is perfect also. Thanks
so much for sharing this recipe with us and all the other wonderful
recipes on your site.
Love this!! Love that you made it gluten free and it was still great.. excellent tip!
Hi Shelly,
Just wanted to let you know that I made this Snickerdoodle Apple Bread
and it was fantastic. Since I can’t eat gluten I made it with gluten free
flour and it was the best. I love when a recipe comes out this nice using
gluten free flour. It absolutely tasted like a regular flour bread. I make all my own gluten free desserts because most of the stuff I buy out is either grainy or dry. Thanks so much for sharing this delightful recipe.
Made this last night. Sooooo good. Mine took longer to bake than directions said. Wondering if it has been made in mini loaf pans and turned out as moist? How long did they take to bake in the mini pans?