Farmhouse Apple Walnut Loaf

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Bring on fall baking and bring on the Farmhouse Apple Walnut Loaf! This apple walnut bread brings a touch of homestyle comfort and warmth to your home with this easy to make recipe that will make your kitchen smell like a bakery.  Who’s ready for apples and fall baking season?

You may want to include these 6 Apple Fall Baking Recipes, Apple Cinnamon Bread, Awesome Country Apple Fritter Bread and this Chunky Apple Walnut Cake to also get you apple-inspired for sure!

Farmhouse Apple Walnut Loaf BREAD RECIPE

Why I Love This Farmhouse Apple Walnut Loaf

I call this bread Farmhouse Apple Walnut Loaf because it’s every bit homemade, made with fresh apples from the local market, adorned with rich buttery walnut chunks, infused with some fragrant cinnamon spice and baked to a heavenly golden brown and it is deliciously yummy. *Wahooo!*

With that said, I’m infatuated with making quick breads.  Especially in the fall.  Everyone I know loves to eat them, receive them, bake them and freeze them for later.  They’re great for bake sales, breakfast, snacking and even dessert, right?

Farmhouse Walnut Loaf BREAD RECIPE

How Healthy is This Farmhouse Apple Walnut Loaf?

It doesn’t have a ton of sugar in it, ok!!  It has 1 cup of unsweetened applesauce, 1 cup of sugar, 2 cups of flour, 1/3 cup of olive oil, & 2 eggs as the base, so it’s pretty healthy overall.

Variations:  You could change the flour up for gluten free or whole wheat, or change up the olive oil for the coconut oil or canola oil or change up the 2 eggs for mashed bananas. 

Of course, the textures may vary some, but you can always look up substitutes here if you want to find other substitutes for your liking for this recipe and others.

Farmhouse Apple Walnut Loaf BREAD RECIPE

Ingredients You’ll Need

  • applesauce – reduce sugar if not using unsweetened applesauce
  • olive oil
  • sugar
  • eggs
  • all-purpose flour
  • ground cinnamon
  • baking soda
  • salt
  • walnuts, coarsely chopped, & extra for top of bread
  • Granny Smith apples, peeled and chunked, can also use fujis or gala apples

Farmhouse Walnut Loaf BREAD RECIPE

QUICK BREAD RECIPE

QUICK BREAD

How to Make Farmhouse Apple Walnut Loaf

  1. Preheat oven 350° Fahrenheit. Spray a 9×5 loaf pan with non-stick spray and line with parchment paper to remove loaf cake easily when it’s cooled. (Or you can lightly grease and flour)
  2. In a large bowl, using mixer, beat wet ingredients of applesauce, oil and sugar for up to a minute, then add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each one.
  3. In a separate bowl, sift or whisk together dry ingredients of flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt together and add into the wet mixture and mix together well, not overmixing.
  4. Add chopped walnuts and apples mix together.
  5. Pour batter into loaf pan and bake 60-70 mins – use the toothpick test to make sure it’s cooked. (Cake needs to spring back on middle top, not be spongy or it won’t be done, so it might take an extra 5 mins, depending on oven temp)
  6. Remove loaf pan from oven and let cool.
  7. Enjoy!! Glaze with a vanilla glaze if you want! See my Apple Fritter Bread for that Glaze!

Farmhouse Apple Walnut Loaf BREAD RECIPE

Storing Bread

Room Temperature – Store apple bread in an airtight storage container or ziplock bag for up to four days.

Freezing Bread

Freeze – Place apple bread in an airtight storage container or ziplock bag in the freezer for up to two months.

Quick Bread Tips

  • Don’t overmix batter – this causes the bread to be tough or dense.
  • If using sweetened applesauce, reduce the sugar in the recipe down some.
  • Make sure you don’t slice the apples into large chunks, so they cook through.
  • Make sure you bake the bread through, otherwise the bread will be gooey and raw.

Farmhouse Walnut Loaf BREAD RECIPE

Farmhouse Walnut Loaf BREAD RECIPEThis quick and easy walnut apple bread recipe is sure to become your family’s go-to comfort food. It’s simple to prepare, and the combination of the sweet apples, crunchy walnuts, and fragrant spices offers a unique and satisfying flavor. In addition to being a delicious treat, it’s also a great way to use up any apples you have left over from the fall harvest.

Are you excited about Fall Baking??  Are you on the Apple or Cinnamon or Pumpkin Team?

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Farmhouse Apple Walnut Loaf

Farmhouse Apple Walnut Loaf

Kim Lange
I call this bread Farmhouse Apple Walnut Loaf because it's every bit home-made, made with fresh apples from the local market, adorned with rich buttery walnut chunks, infused with some fragrant cinnamon spice and baked to a heavenly golden brown and it is deliciously yummy. *Wahooo!
4.17 from 53 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Course Breakfast, Brunch, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine Fall
Servings 8 Servings
Calories

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup applesauce unsweetened preferred, if using sweetened applesauce reduce the sugar down a bit.
  • cup olive oil
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup walnuts coarsely chopped, & extra for top of bread
  • 2 cups Granny Smith apples peeled and chunked

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven 350° Fahrenheit. Spray a 9x5 loaf pan with non-stick spray and line with parchment paper to remove loaf cake easily when it’s cooled. (Or you can lightly grease and flour)
  • Using mixer, beat applesauce oil and sugar for up to a minute, then add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each one.
  • Sift together flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt together and add into the wet mixture and mix together well, not overmixing.
  • Add walnuts and apples mix together.
  • Pour batter into loaf pan and bake 60-70 mins – use the toothpick test to make sure it’s cooked. (Cake needs to spring back on middle top, not be spongy or it won’t be done, so it might take an extra 5 mins, depending on oven temp)
  • Remove loaf pan from oven and let cool.
  • Enjoy!! Glaze with a vanilla glaze if you want! See my Apple Fritter Bread for that Glaze!
Keyword apple, baking, BREAD, breakfast, brunch, cookies, brownies, brookies, snack, dessert, Granny Smith apples, layered dessert, quick bread
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16 Comments

  1. So happy to hear it worked out for you with the substitutions Sandy! Thank you so much for trying the recipes here on the blog! That’s amazing!! xo

  2. Kim, Thank you for the subsitutions. I am diabetic so they help me convert your recipes. I have made the apple walnut loaf and everyone loved it. I have tried others to and all are keepers. Thanks again Sandy

  3. This bread looks delicious! I love your Country Apple Fritter Bread and have made it several times so I have no doubt this bread is amazing as well! Thanks sharing another great recipe, Kim!

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