Caramel Apple Fritter Bread
Warning! This incredibly delicious, decadent, delightful, delectable bread is not for the faint of heart! It is awesome. It’s wonderful. It’s everything you want in a sweet quick bread. This is the bread I love to give away for gifts during the holidays. It will blow your mind. But then you could have figured that out by the title right?
Caramel Apple Fritter Bread
Bread:
⅓ cup brown sugar, not packed
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
⅔ cup white granulated sugar
½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
¼ teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
1½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1½ cups all-purpose flour
1¾ teaspoons baking powder
½ cup whole milk
2 Honey Crisp or Pink Lady apples, peeled and chopped
½ cup salted caramel sauce (I used Smuckers Salted Caramel Topping)
NOTE: you will need two 9 x 5 loaf pans for this recipe. One for mixing and one for baking.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Set out two loaf pans. Spray one of the
9 x 5 loaf pans with non-stick cooking spray. No need to spray the other one.
Mix the brown sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar for about 2-3 minutes until very light and fluffy. Add in the eggs, one at a time, scraping down after each addition. Finally, mix in the vanilla.
In a large bowl, mix together the flour, salt, and baking powder. Add these dry ingredients to your creamed butter and sugar mixture and stir until well blended. Add the milk and continue to mix until you have a smooth batter.
Next pour only half the batter into the loaf pan that is not sprayed. Sprinkle only half the apples on top of the batter and then sprinkle just half the brown sugar mixture all over the top. Finally drizzle ¼ cup of the salted caramel across the top. Now repeat that process with the next layer.
Pour the remaining batter in the same loaf pan and follow with the remaining apples. Top the apples with the remaining brown sugar mixture and drizzle the remaining ¼ cup of caramel sauce over the top.
Now you are ready for the other loaf pan that has been sprayed. Using a large spoon, scoop the batter from the loaf pan with the batter and apples and drop into the sprayed loaf pan. This will give you the swirled effect without having to run a knife through it. Once you have scooped all the batter into the pan, tap pan on the counter to even out.
Bake at 350 degrees for about 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from oven when finished baking and allow the bread to rest for about 5 minutes before flipping it out on a wire rack to cool for another 15 minutes. You are now ready to glaze.
Caramel Glaze
¼ cup salted caramel sauce or topping
½ cup of powdered sugar
1-3 tablespoons whole milk or half and half
Whisk together the powdered sugar, salted caramel sauce or topping, and a tablespoon at a time of the milk until smooth and there are no visible powdered sugar lumps. Use more or less milk to get the consistency you want. Drizzle glaze on bread.
Recipe adapted from Sweet Recipeas
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