Apple Bread

(18 servings)

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 3 large eggs - beaten
  • 3 cups peeled and shredded apple (about 4 apples)
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 2/3 cup vegetable or canola oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
I loved this recipe. It turned out exceptionally moist and wonderfully flavorful. Next time, I'll consider using 1/2 grated apple and 1/2 chopped apple just to give the bread a more interesting texture. There's a quote from Carl Sagan that says, “If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.” Fortunately, apple bread is easier. It took about an hour and fifteen minutes from start to finish. (This recipe was submitted in 2007. It was tested and photographed in April 2014.)


Apple Bread


How to Make Apple Bread

Prepare 3 standard 7x3-ish loaf pans with a thin coating of grease or cooking spray and a dusting of flour.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

In a large bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.

In a separate bowl, mix together the eggs, shredded apples, sugar, cooking oil and vanilla.

Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir until just mixed and moistened.

The batter should be a touch lumpy. Pour evenly into prepared loaf pans.

Bake for 45 to 55 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center of a loaf comes out clean.

Allow loaves to cool at least 30 minutes before slicing and serving.


Loaf of Homemade Apple Bread


Cooking Notes From Mr Breakfast:

The only change I made to the recipe as submitted was to replace 1/2 of the cooking oil with melted and cooled butter.

You can also make muffins with this recipe. The batter will make about 14 muffins with a cooking time of about 34 minutes. Fill muffin cups 3/4th full.


Homemade Apple Bread with Little People

Homemade Apple Bread



Golden Delicious or Granny Smith apples seem to work best for this breakfast bread. Four medium apples will yield about 3 cups when shredded. This bread is very good in the morning warmed in the toaster oven and served with butter. Also makes great French Toast!


Mr Breakfast would like to thank MrSpinach for this recipe.

Recipe number 1994. Submitted 2/20/2007.