Easy Apple Bread Recipe | Julie Blanner (2024)

FAQs

What is the best apple for baking bread? ›

Granny Smith (in my opinion, this is the best overall apple for baking) Braeburn (a sweet-tart variety) Jonathan. Pacific Rose.

TO STORE: Leftover apple bread can be kept in an airtight container at room temperature for four days. TO FREEZE: Apple bread can be frozen for up to two months. Let thaw overnight in the refrigerator before serving.

Nutrition Facts

1 slice: 253 calories, 13g fat (1g saturated fat), 31mg cholesterol, 124mg sodium, 31g carbohydrate (18g sugars, 1g fiber), 3g protein.

For the best pies, crisps, and other baked treats, apples need to be firm enough to hold their own during the cooking process. We call these apples “baking apples” and to namedrop, they include Braeburn, Cortland, Honey Gold, Jonathan, Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Haralson, and Newtown Pippin.

Honeycrisp. One of the sweetest apples around, this Midwestern favorite is good for anything—including baking. It boasts a distinctive juicy crispness and is firm enough that it won't cook down much. It complements just about any other apple variety to make a stellar pie.

For best results, base your yeast dough on wheat flour — only wheat-based flour provides the type and amount of protein yeast dough needs to support its structure. Whole wheat flour, white whole wheat flour, bread flour, or all-purpose flour are all good choices.

Too much moisture. Sometimes too much moisture makes bread fall so if that happens, you can reduce the oil or milk by a tablespoon or two. Make sure you bake your bread right away. After the batter is mixed, it needs to go in the oven quickly.

Putting your dough, whether yeasted or sourdough, in the fridge will help it to develop a better flavour and texture. The longer the dough ferments the more chance of bacteria and enzymes getting to work and unlocking the flavours in the wheat.

Nutritional Summary:

There are 526 calories in 1 serving of 3 eggs and 2 Whole Wheat bread pieces,5 grams butter.

Is apple healthier than bread? ›

An apple is a very healthy simple carbohydrate and white bread is a complex carbohydrate but may not be as nutritious as the choice of the apple. It is more important to pay attention to the actual food and the nutritional value.

Carefully cut the apple roughly in half below the core. Then turn the apple piece and make the same cut on the other side until you have cut out the whole core. Place a hand grater in a larger bowl or on a cutting board. Grate the peeled, cored apple pieces on the side with the larger holes.

You could also make applesauce, apple butter or apple jelly. You could put them in muffins, crumbles and cakes. You could layer them in sandwiches. You could roast them with sausages or toss them into kale salad.

Using Frozen Apples for Apple Pie

Luckily, most of the favorites for baking hold up well in the freezer as they are more firm to begin with, especially Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Empire, Cortland, and Jonagold. Peel, core, and slice or cube your apples as described above, and then lay them on a baking sheet.

Gala apples are better for eating raw and are best if you wanted to do salads with apples or if you wanted to add sweetness and crunch to your lunchtime sandwich. Fuji apples, on the other hand, are the better choice for cooking. This is because of the different textures of the two types of apples.

While great for snacking, Gala, Fuji and Red Delicious are the most common apples that won't hold up in the oven and will give you a watery-mushy pie, tart or cake.

In addition to fresh applications, SnapDragon apples can be simmered into jams, relishes, and sauces, cooked and served over roasted meats, or baked into bread, pies, tarts, cakes, and pies.

The Northern Spy apple is perfect for baking, but they only grow biannually, so they will be tougher to come by. If you are really dedicated to your apple pie, however, this will definitely pay off! Contact a local grower to see if you can come across some Northern Spy apples, and you will not regret it.