Sweet Moist Apple Bread

Soooo yummy! Everyone will beg for seconds. This bread makes your entire house smell like heaven, so bake it right before you have guests over. Sometimes I like to double the topping and push some into the bread batter. Also, I use Rome apples when I make this. Splat!

Original recipe makes 1 9×5-inch loaf

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup granular sucrolose sweetener (such as Splenda®)
2 eggs
1/2 cup applesauce
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
2 pinches ground allspice
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup buttermilk
2 apples, peeled and chopped
1 apple, peeled and shredded
1/3 cup chopped walnuts
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons rolled oats
2 tablespoons white sugar
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 tablespoons cold butter

  • PREP

    20 mins

  • COOK

    55 mins

  • READY IN

    1 hr 25 mins

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan.
  2. Beat 1/2 cup softened butter with 1/2 cup white sugar and sucralose sweetener in a bowl until creamy. Beat in eggs, applesauce, vanilla extract, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice until smooth.
  3. Mix 2 cups flour, baking soda, and salt together in a separate bowl; stir into butter mixture, alternating with buttermilk until just combined. Fold in chopped and shredded apples and walnuts. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
  4. Mix 1/3 cup flour, rolled oats, 2 tablespoons white sugar, brown sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon together in a bowl; cut in 3 tablespoons cold butter until mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle topping over batter.
  5. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean, 55 to 60 minutes. Cool in pan for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Nutrition

Calories: 300 kcal
Carbohydrates: 41.7 g
Cholesterol: 63 mg
Fat: 14 g
Fiber: 2.2 g
Protein: 4.6 g
Sodium: 249 mg