Apple Cinnamon Bread with Pecans
The perfect Apple Cinnamon Bread to make Christmas morning... with a cup of coffee.
Servings: 12 servings
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup pecans roughly chopped
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp avocado oil or any flavorless oil
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups white flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 1/2 cups granny smith apples roughly 1 1/2 apples
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease 10” x 5” loaf (or 9” x 5” works too).
- Chop the apples and set aside.
- Mix pecans, brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, combine white sugar and butter and mix until creamy. >
- Add the oil, eggs and vanilla. Beat until well combined.
- Add the flour, baking powder and salt. Mix the batter, but do NOT over mix.
- Add the milk and mix. Again, do NOT over mix.
- Now assemble. Pour half the batter into the baking tray.
- Top with half the pecan-cinnamon-brown sugar mixture.
- Pour the remaining batter into the baking tray.
- Top with the remaining apples followed by the pecan-cinnamon-brown sugar mix.
- Into the oven for 50 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool and serve warm. Tastes amazing with a cup of coffee.
Nutrition
Calories: 258kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 49mg | Sodium: 120mg | Potassium: 93mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 304IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 65mg | Iron: 1mg