Dutch Apple Bread is a delicious bread you can easily make at home. It is a perfect ingredient for breakfast for tea parties. The bread is not just flavoursome but has a beautiful aroma. The sweetness of the apples with a crunch from walnuts and moist bread is a perfect combination. Adding the cinnamon-flavoured crumble and a glaze, add the cherry on the top and make this bread simply irresistible.
Tips for making Dutch Apple Bread:
- When making this delicious apple bread recipe, you can use Pink Lady, Fuji or Granny Smith. These varieties give you crispy apples, and they work well for this recipe.
- Make sure the butter and egg for the bread are at room temperature.
- You can add dried raisins and mulberries to this bread as well.
Dutch Apple Bread – The Recipe
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 50 minutes
Total time: 1 hour 05 minutes
Servings: 4 to 6
Ingredients:
For the Bread
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup fresh green apples, decored, peeled and chopped
- ¼ cup butter softened
- 1 whole egg
- ¼ cup dairy milk
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup walnuts or pecans chopped
- ½ cup white granulated sugar
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
For the Dutch Crumb Topping
- 2 ½ tbsp all-purpose flour
- 2 ½ tbsp butter, cold
- 2 tbsp light brown sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon powder
For the Vanilla Glaze
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- ½ tbsp milk
- ½ tbsp melted butter
- ¼ tsp cinnamon powder
Preparation:
For the Bread
- In a bowl of a standing mixer, add softened butter and white granulated sugar. Whisk the two ingredients at low to medium speed until they are creamed.
- Now add an egg and dairy milk and continue to whisk.
- Add vanilla extract and gently fold it into the mixture.
- Add all-purpose flour, baking powder and salt. Continue to whisk until everything is well combined and you get a sticky batter.
- Add chopped apples and walnuts. Gently fold using a rubber spatula.
- Place this mixture into a parchment-lined bread tin and set it aside.
For the Dutch Crumb Topping
- Add all-purpose flour, butter, cinnamon, and brown sugar to a bowl. Mix well using a spoon so that everything is well combined, and you get a crumble.
- Spread this crumble evenly on the bread mixture and place it in a preheated oven at 350 degrees F for about 50 minutes or until the internal temperature of the bread reaches 200 degrees F.
- Take the bread tin out of the oven and let it cool down completely.
For the Vanilla Glaze
In a microwave-safe bowl, add butter and microwave for 30 seconds or until the butter melts.
Add powdered sugar, cinnamon and daily milk. Mix well until you get a smooth mixture.
Once the bread is cool enough, take it out of the bread pan and place it on the cooling rack.
Drizzle the prepared glaze on top and serve.
