Apple Cinnamon Bread
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Delight in this gluten-free Apple Cinnamon Bread this holiday season! Serve it as a delicious holiday party dessert or a Christmas morning treat!
It’s 3 pm. I’ve been dying to create some Apple Cinnamon Bread to capture some of the cozy flavors I think of around Christmas and the winter season.
I just got home from a walk with Baby Ty to our local farmstand to get some apples (which I used to work at while I was getting my Special Education credential and Masters degree :)) This farm and the farmer are the best things ever. I feed Ty, change his diaper, and get him ready for a nap. I can’t wait to finally create the Apple Cinnamon Bread I’ve been dreaming of for a week now!
Silly me.
I mistakenly decided to make this bread during Ty’s witching hour which plagues him between 3-5 pm. The hours between 3-5 pm is prime time for cooking dinner – how’s a mom supposed to cook dinner?! Oh right, that’s the whole point of this blog. 😉
Ty’s “witching hour” usually includes lots of clinginess, hysterical crying, and zero tolerance for being set down. This was the case today. After much crying, I am finally able to put him down for a nap at 3:19 pm and I rush into the kitchen and get to work, knowing this nap will most likely be a short one. I prep everything and get this yummy Apple Cinnamon Bread into the oven within about five minutes! While the bread is in the oven, I quickly try to get some dinner prep in. And after 32 minutes of closing his precious little blue eyes, Ty awakes …in a hysterical cry. 🙂 Luckily, the smell of warm apples and cinnamon comforts me through all of his cries (but unfortunately, has no effect on Ty)….because God knows a mama needs some comforting when her baby cries!
Turns out my first attempt at this Apple Cinnamon Bread didn’t quite work out how I had dreamed. However, after some experimenting and tweaking, I have finally perfected it. You all, I am so excited about this recipe! It is SO yummy and Christmas-ey!
Uses for this Apple Cinnamon Bread
This Apple Cinnamon Bread would be a lovely gift to bring to a holiday party or the perfect addition to your Christmas breakfast. Mmmmm, Christmas morning is my favorite morning of the year!!! I’m almost 30 and I still get the giddies on Christmas morning. It truly is the most magical time of the year for me. This bread is sure to make it even more magical this year.
What This Bread Tastes Like
This bread exudes flavors of apples, cinnamon, oats, Christmas, and all things warm and nice. It is perfectly sweetened by the apples themselves, as well as the coconut sugar. The coconut sugar gives the bread a deep, molasses flavor. The greek yogurt is not picked up in the flavor, making for some disguised protein, while the diced apples add texture and pizzaz to the bread. I recommend warming up a slice with some melted butter smothered on it and having a cup of coffee on the side.
While the Apple Cinnamon Bread only takes about 5 minutes to prepare, it takes roughly 40 minutes to bake. My thoughts on this – use those 40 minutes to do something productive or that fills your cup up! Prep dinner, prep school lunches, wrap some presents, wash the dishes, put a load of laundry in, sweep, open the mail (my most dreaded chore!), or best of all, play with your kids if they’re awake! 🙂
I hope this simple and scrumptious Apple Cinnamon Bread makes it to your breakfast table this Christmas! 😉
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- 1 1/2 cups gluten-free oat flour (I use Trader Joe’s Gluten-Free Rolled Oats and blend them in a blender)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup coconut sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 2 apples (1 apple grated and 1 apple diced)
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup greek yogurt
- Powdered sugar to dust top of bread (optional)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a loaf pan with coconut oil spray.
- In a large bowl, mix oat flour, baking soda, cinnamon, coconut sugar, and salt together.
- In a medium bowl, mix grated apple, eggs, and greek yogurt until combined.
- Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients.
- Reserve a handful of apples to top the batter with and mix the remaining into the batter.
- Pour batter into loaf pan.
- Sprinkle reserved diced apples on top of the batter.
- Cook in the oven for approximately 40 minutes until top is golden brown or toothpick comes out clean when placed in the center.
- (Optional) Once the bread cools, use a sifter to dust powdered sugar over the bread.