Applesauce Bread
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Applesauce Bread
Description
This Applesauce Bread blends all-purpose flour with baking powder, baking soda, salt, and a blend of warming spices including cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice. The wet ingredients combine eggs, applesauce, granulated and brown sugars, melted butter, and orange zest, imparting citrus brightness to the batter. Mixing wet and dry ingredients forms the bread batter.
The batter is poured into a prepared loaf pan, optionally topped with coarse sugar to add texture to the crust, and baked at 350°F for about an hour until set. The finished bread features a soft, moist interior with a gentle spice profile and mild sweetness from the applesauce and sugars. It suits breakfast, snack, or tea time accompaniments.
Variations include substituting apple pie spice for the individual spices, or omitting or swapping orange zest for lemon zest for a different citrus note. Cooling before removing from the pan prevents crumbling. This recipe offers a flavorful way to use applesauce in baking.
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon allspice
- 2 large egg
- 1⅓ cup applesauce
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- ¼ cup butter melted
- 2 teaspoons orange zest
- sugar optional topping, coarse
Instructions
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and spray a 9x5-inch loaf pan with nonstick spray and set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, beat together the eggs, applesauce, sugars, melted butter, and orange zest.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until combined.
- Transfer the batter to the prepared loaf pan and top with coarse sugar.
- Bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick comes clean when inserted into the center of the loaf. Allow to cool in the pan.
- Run a paring knife around the edge of the loaf and then flip it over to release the loaf.
Notes
- Apple pie spice (2½ teaspoons) can replace individual spices for convenience.
- Orange zest may be omitted or substituted with lemon zest without major flavor change.
- Cool the bread in the pan before inverting to keep loaf intact.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 12slices
Amount Per Serving
Calories 193 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 193kcal | 10% |
| Carbohydrates | 37g | 12% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 4g | 6% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Sodium | 297mg | 12% |
| Potassium | 135mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 20g | 40% |
| Vitamin A | 180IU | 4% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 46mg | 5% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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