I have previously discussed my love of quick breads. This applesauce quick bread is the first one I ever made and it has become a Fall staple for my family. As you can probably tell from its name, applesauce is the star ingredient here. You can use any type of applesauce including my easy slow cooker applesauce. 🙂 The applesauce adds undeniable moistness and a mild apple flavor to the bread, which is complemented by spices like cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg. Full disclosure: I know that quick bread isn't really bread. It's more like a loaf shaped cake, but let's not get bogged down in the details, y'all. Focus on what we're all here for:
This applesauce quick bread tastes even better warmed up and topped with butter or the addictive tasty caramel sauce I shared last week. We eat this as a snack, for breakfast, and for dessert...pretty much, as often as we can. One loaf does not last for a long time around my house. I am always on the lookout for more quick bread variations and would love to hear suggestions from y'all so let me know in the comments if you have any recipes that I must try.
If you love quick breads as much as I do, check out my lemon zucchini bread, lemon berry quick bread or bourbon-glazed gingerbread loaves. Thanks for reading!
Applesauce Quick Bread
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter softened to room temperature
- 1 egg
- 1 ½ cup flour
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- 1 ¾ cup unsweetened applesauce
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon Maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ginger
- ¼ teaspoon Nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, mix together butter, egg, and sugar.
- Mix in dry ingredients, scraping sides of bowl as necessary then mix in applesauce and maple syrup. Spoon batter into a small loaf pan.
- Bake for about forty minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of loaf comes out clean. Cool in pan for about twenty minutes. Serve warm.
Deb says
Sounds delicious, can't wait to try it. Love Quick Breads!
carol hawley says
This recipe sounds delicious. Can the recipe be doubled and put in a larger loaf pan?
Jazz says
Hi, Carol! Yes, you can absolutely double the recipe and bake in a larger pan.
Carolyn W says
Hope to make today