Gluten Free Apple Cinnamon Bread

5 from 1 vote

Gluten Free Apple Cinnamon Bread

A simple apple bread recipe that makes the most of apple season. Tuck home-grown apples into this sturdy loaf if you can, otherwise, stock up at the farmer's market or make an apple-picking trip.

Prep Time15

Cook Time40

Total Time55

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: servings

Calories: 371kcal

Author: Nicole Spiridakis

Ingredients

1 ½ cups diced apples , use your choice of apples
1 cup granulated sugar
2 ¼ cups oat flour (280 grams)
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon fine sea salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ cup whole milk
½ cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled
2 large eggs, lightly beaten

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Instructions

Lightly grease a standard-size loaf pan and line it with a parchment paper sling.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl.
Stir the milk, melted butter, and eggs into the flour mixture until just combined. Gently fold in the apples. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and preheat the oven to 350°F. Rest the batter while the oven heats.
Place in the oven and bake until a wooden pick inserted in the center of a loaf comes out clean, 55-60 minutes. Cool in pan for 20 minutes then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Notes

Rest the batter – Make sure to let the batter rest in the pan before baking it - the oat flour benefits from a rest so that the flour hydrates and makes the finished loaf taste better! You can rest the batter for 20-30 minutes or if you're short on time just let it rest while the oven preheats.

What type of loaf pan? I am a big fan of using metal loaf pans because they help the contents to cook more evenly. If you can, I recommend using a metal standard-size loaf pan for this blueberry bread. If you need to use a glass loaf pan, lower the temperature to 325℉ and bake it for a little longer.

Make mini loaves. This recipe also works wonderfully in mini loaf pans! The batter will fit in about 2 mini loaf pans and will need slightly less time to bake.

Go dairy-free - Instead of butter, use melted coconut oil to make this apple bread dairy-free.

Make lemon apple bread - Rub the zest of 1 lemon into ¾ cup sugar to release the citrus oils, then add the rest of the ingredients (so, start with the sugar then whisk in the rest of the dry ingredients).

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