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A sweet, moist quick bread packed with fresh apples, cinnamon, and sometimes walnuts or pecans.

Cooking time: 1 hour, 10 minutes
Yield: 8 servings
  • 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1⁄2 cup Sugar
  • 1⁄2 cup brown sugar (packed)
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1⁄4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 eggs (large)
  • 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter (melted)
  • 1 apple (peeled, cored, and finely diced or grated)
  1. Whisk together the flour, granulated sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium mixing bowl. [1, 2]
  2. Add the beaten eggs and melted butter directly to the dry ingredients. Stir gently with a spatula just until a thick batter forms and no large dry pockets remain.
  3. Fold in the prepared diced or grated apples until evenly distributed throughout the batter.
  4. Fold in the prepared diced or grated apples until evenly distributed throughout the batter.
  5. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.
  6. Cool the bread in the pan for 10 minutes, then carefully invert it onto a wire cooling rack to cool completely before slicing.