This Italian apple bread recipe is adapted from one that my mom and grandmother used to make growing up with different kinds of fruit from the garden. After picking blueberries until our hands were stained, my grandmother would mix up a double recipe using all-purpose flour and cinnamon.
I added the ginger and cloves and used 00 flour, and I really liked the texture. All-purpose flour is the OG, so use what you have on hand as I like to do in my kitchen.
I took out the usual raisins and gave the batter an upgrade by adding small, chopped candied orange peel for an Italian bakery flair. This recipe makes one loaf of apple bread and is easily doubled.
Add this to your fall baking rotation, as it’s great with an espresso or cappuccino for breakfast.
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Italian Apple Bread
8
servings15
minutes1
hourIngredients
1 cup 1 apples, small diced (leave the skin on for a rustic look)
1/2 cup 1/2 brown sugar or brown swerve
1/2 cup 1/2 granulated sugar or allulose (for a sweeter bread, sprinkle more sugar on top before baking)
1/2 tsp. 1/2 each vanilla extract, baking soda and cinnamon
1/4 tsp. 1/4 each ground ginger and ground cloves
1/4 cup 1/4 chopped walnuts
1/3 cup 1/3 candied orange peel small diced (use raisins instead if you like)
1/2 cup 1/2 extra virgin olive oil
1 1 -1/2cups OO flour (can use all purpose)
1/2 tsp. 1/2 salt
2 medium 2 or large eggs
1/8 tsp. 1/8 baking powder
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Sift together the flour, salt, and baking powder.
- Mix the sifted ingredients with the eggs.
- Combine everything in one bowl as the oven heats.
- Grease and flour or spray your loaf pan and put the batter in the pan.
- Bake for 1 hour checking for browning after 50 minutes, and cover if necessary.
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