Amish Apple Fritter Bread is a sweet, soft, quick-bread filled with apples and sweet brown sugar cinnamon. A delicious treat with coffee or tea, serve this delicious apple bread warm with whipped butter.
Amish Apple Fritter Bread
As much as we love a warm piece of freshly made banana bread, this Amish Apple Fritter Bread might be our new favorite quick bread! It’s full of sweet apples and so pretty when topped with the sweet glaze. These loaves make wonderful Christmas gifts!
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Ingredients You Will Need:
Here’s what you’ll need to make the Amish apple fritter bread (the exact measurements and full recipe instructions are below in the printable recipe card):
- Brown sugar
- Ground cinnamon
- Butter
- Granulated sugar
- Eggs
- Vanilla extract
- All-purpose flour
- Baking powder
- Milk
- Apples
- Powdered sugar
How to Make Amish Apple Fritter Bread
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Prepare an 8.5×4.5×2.5-inch loaf pan by greasing it with non-stick cooking spray.
In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the brown sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon; set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, use an electric mixer to cream together the 2/3 cup granulated sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs and vanilla, just until combined.
In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the flour and baking powder. Add the flour mixture to the wet mixture and stir until combined. Add the milk and mix until smooth.
Pour half of the batter into the prepared loaf pan and spread out evenly.
In a small mixing bowl, combine the apple filling ingredients.
Pour half of the apples over the batter in the pan.
Spread on the remaining batter.
Top with the remaining apples and press the apples down slightly.
Sprinkle the brown sugar and cinnamon mixture over top of the bread.
Bake at 350ºF for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan for about 30 minutes. In a small bowl, combine the glaze ingredients until smooth. Drizzle over the cooled bread.
How to Store Leftovers
Keep the bread wrapped in plastic or in an airtight container. It will keep in the refrigerator or on the counter for up to four days.
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Amish Apple Fritter Bread
Ingredients
Bread
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup butter (1 stick) softened
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 cup milk
Apple Filling
- 2 cups apples peeled, cored, and chopped
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
Glaze
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Prepare an 8.5x4.5x2.5-inch loaf pan by greasing it with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the brown sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon; set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, use an electric mixer to cream together the 2/3 cup granulated sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs and vanilla, just until combined.
- In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the flour and baking powder. Add the flour mixture to the wet mixture and stir until combined. Add the milk and mix until smooth.
- Pour half of the batter into the prepared loaf pan and spread out evenly.
- In a small mixing bowl, combine the apple filling ingredients. Pour half of the apples over the batter in the pan, then spread on the remaining batter. Top with the remaining apples and press the apples down slightly.
- Sprinkle the brown sugar and cinnamon mixture over top of the bread.
- Bake at 350F for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan for about 30 minutes.
- In a small bowl, combine the glaze ingredients until smooth. Drizzle over the cooled bread.
- Slice the bread and serve.
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195 comments on “Amish Apple Fritter Bread”
Made it this morning. Used 2 1/2 cups apples and for the glaze I used apple cider instead of milk. Family loved it!!
Mine came out where the middle apples settled towards the bottom and is crumbly. What should I do differently?
First I made this bread and what a wonderful, moist bread this is. I did add the extra flour (1/4 cup) as suggested and I mixed the chopped apples into the batter. Since I needed something for a morning coffee get-together I decided to double the recipe and bake it in a buttered 13×9 pan, using 350 degree oven and baking it for 40 minutes. It was equally delicious & moist and received many compliments. Thanks for the recipe. I will be making this again.
Am I the only one who had problems with the brown sugar burning on top before the bread was fully done? What went wrong?
I had the issue with it not getting done. Had to bake it an extra thirty minutes! And my oven is brand new, bought this month, so I know it wasn’t the oven. Next time I’ll bake it in an 8×8 pan instead.
Same…
Steve, when you see that the top is getting a golden / dark crust, try putting some aluminum foil loosely over top, that will prevent burning… that’s what I do when making any kind of bread. Good luck.
Excellent recipe! I followed it as written but added 1/2 tsp of nutmeg to the apple mixture. I also doubled and it came out beautifully!
Be sure to make the parchment hammock to pans for easy transfer from pan when done!!!
One of my favorites. I’ve made it 3 times in a week. Some for neighbors, some for family and of course for us! So good!
i made the mistake of sharing this bread with people. Now everyone wants it. I’ve made it 20 times. It’s too good.
Yum
I made this to take to my Brother and sister -N-Law , it was so good
I’m making my husband his own loaf this evening and I also am going to try this with peaches for my mom
So delicious. I made this dairy free – using unsweetened oat milk and earth bound butter substitute.
AMAZING.
The apple fritter bread was moist, did have some pieces fall apart. I cut the loaf down the middle so that could have added to the crumb pieces. Good idea to pat down apples and cinnamon. Made it last night and this morning 1/2 was gone.Thank you for a great recipe.
Noticed no salt needed. Ever tried with? I’m so used to adding salt. Looks delish! Gonna make today.
Hi! I would like to make this in mini pans to give as Christmas gifts. What would you suggest for the baking directions?
Make as per the recipe and just split between smaller tins
Really lol smaller pans less time in the oven
I have made this many times with great results…… Everyone loves this loaf!!
looks great.xxx
I made this delicious bread today for the first time, great results. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
I love this recipe, I have made it twice and we love it. If I am not careful my husband will eat the whole loaf, so I have to hide it from him.
I haven’t cooked this yet, but it sure looks great. Thank you so much for posting this recipe. I love the fritters, This is even better.
Amazing recipe! Have made this several times this season and the family gobbles it up! Super easy just delicious. A must try!
Another question, have you ever tried gluten free flour, and if so, how well did it turn out!??? The bread is so good as is, but family with GL issues can’t have it as is!
Hi, I just made this with GF flour today and I used a good quality GF flour from Costco and it’s a 1×1 ration for flour. I let my wet ingredients sit in with the flour when mixing for about 20 minutes to really let the flour absorb the moisture then I looked to see if I needed to add a touch more milk. GF flour doesn’t absorb well so you have to let it sit with wet ingredients for a few. other than that it turned out nice. it will be very dense. it i think that’s just the nature of GF flour.
Since I have celiac disease I made this yummy bread with gluten free flour (Red Mills) and it turned out great all 3 times…
I used Bob’s Red Meal one to one flour and it turned out wonderful but had to cook it a little longer. Worth it!!!
Loved the bread the first time I made it and would love to share as gifts for Christmas. My question is, can this bread be frozen so it can take a trip through the mail, or would it not take well to being frozen?
Thanks Jennifer! Yes, you can freeze. Wrap in plastic wrap and then foil.