Apple Walnut Fritter Bread is insanely delicious packed with lots of swirls of cinnamon and slightly tart apples, topped with crunchy walnuts, and a sweet glaze drizzled over the top.
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The perfect alternative to an apple fritter donut and the aroma that fills your house with apples and cinnamon baking is fantastic. Apple fritter bread takes the beloved flavors of apple fritters and transforms them into a loaf of delicious quick bread! I highly recommend making one for the freezer like my Starbucks Banana Bread for a quick and easy delicious treat!
Why this recipe works
Apple fritter bread is moist and full of fall flavors delicious with a hot cup of coffee. I like to use Granny Smith apples their tartness makes a delicious apple filling paired with the sweetness of this bread is fantastic. If you love baking with apples during apple season you're going to love this one and my Apple Cider Donuts!
Ingredients needed for this apple quick bread
Ingredient notes
- Sugars: Both granulated sugar and brown sugar are in this recipe.
- Butter: I use unsalted butter for baking.
- Apples: I like to use tart apples like Granny Smith or Honeycrisp.
- Flour: All-purpose flour is recommended.
- Milk: Whole milk or lowfat will work fine.
- Walnuts: Pecan also work great but if you prefer to leave them out you can.
How to make this apple fritter loaf
- Step 1: In a small bowl mix the brown sugar and cinnamon until combined and set aside.
- Step 2: In a medium bowl using a hand mixer, mix the sugar and butter until combined then add eggs, milk, and vanilla and mix.
- Step 3: Mix in the eggs and vanilla to the butter mixture.
- Step 4: Add in the dry ingredients and mix.
- Step 5: Mix in the milk
- Step 6: Pour half of the batter into a prepared loaf pan.
- Step 7: Sprinkle half of the cinnamon sugar mixture on top.
- Step 8: Add the diced apple layer on top.
- Step 9: Followed by the remaining batter.
- Step 10: Then add the remaining diced fresh apples, cinnamon mixture, and walnuts and bake! Let cool and drizzle the glaze on top of the bread.
Recipe Tips
- Be sure to spray the loaf pan well or use a piece of parchment paper.
- make sure the loaf is fully cooled before adding the glaze.
- If you have extra apples to use try my Caramel Apple Crisp or my Apple Spice Muffins!
- Your baking time can vary depending on the type of apple you use.
- If your loaf starts to brown too quickly place a piece of aluminum foil on top to protect it.
Recipe Faq's
Yes this easy apple fritter bread freezes wonderfully. Let it cool completely wrap with plastic wrap and place in a ziplock freezer bag and freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw in the refrigerator then when ready to serve drizzle the glaze over the top.
Your baking time can vary slightly depending on the apples and how much water they have. Make sure you put it in the center of the oven and tent it with aluminium foil if its starting to brown to quickly on top. The apple fritter quick bread recipe is done when a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.
You can store this airtight at room temperature for up to 3 days. Stored airtight in the refrigerator it will be good for up to 5 days.
Apple-Walnut Fritter Bread
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 Granny Smith Apples peeled and diced
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
Glaze
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 2-3 teaspoons milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x5 loaf pan with non-stick spray. Place a rectangle piece of parchment paper in the loaf pan that hangs over the sides.
- Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl and set aside.
- In a medium bowl beat butter and sugar until smooth. Add eggs one at a time just until blended, add vanilla.
- In another bowl whisk flour, salt, and baking powder together, then add to wet mixture and whisk just until blended. Whisk in milk just until smooth.
- Pour half the mixture into the loaf pan. Add half of the brown sugar mixture then half of the apples, gently pat into the batter.
- Add the rest of the batter into the loaf pan spreading gently with a spatula, followed by the remaining apples, walnuts, and remaining brown sugar mixture. Lightly pat.
- Place the loaf in the center of the oven and bake for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Let cool for 15-20 minutes on a baking rack. Use the parchment paper to pull the loaf right out, drizzle with glaze.
For the Glaze
- Whisk powdered sugar and milk together in a small bowl until combined.
I love this bread! The apple walnut fritter bread is so delicious and flavorful. I've tried many different types of bread, but this one is my favorite.
This was so delicious, the bread was so moist and just the perfect hints of sweetness to go with my coffee. Thank you for the tip about the aluminum foil to stop it from browning too fast as well.
This apple fritter bread was AMAZING mine was cooked perfectly in 53 minutes in a 9x5 loaf pan! I had to make another one because my family devoured it! I highly recommend this 🙂
Muffins should work but you will have to adjust the cooking time.
Hey there! I really want to try this recipe, but I don’t have a loaf pan. I’m wondering if you or anyone here has tried making this as muffins? Or maybe in a pie pan? Those are both options for me. Thank you!
If anyone is at high altitude that can also significantly add to cook time. I prepared mine a little different, sticking with all the ingredients used here, but I mixed the apples in with the batter and swirled in the brown sugar ingredients into it at the end. It was delicious! Thank you for the recipe! ❤️
I doubled the recipe and baked in a foil lasagna pan for 1 hr. & 10 minutes. Delicious!
Sorry, it took longer than expected to bake. Sometimes apples contain more water and, sugar than others which can add additional liquid. Did the batter sit for a long time before baking? That's another reason that could lead to this problem. Feel free to email me and we can troubleshoot 🙂
I had the same issue as Candy. The fritter is delicious, but it baked significantly longer that 50 minutes in a 9x5 . We turned convection on and covered with tin foil at the end to get to prevent the top from burning. We used 2 pazazz apples instead of granny smith. Other than that, not sure why our bake time is longer than yours.
No, I dont use a convection oven. Every oven is going to bake slightly differently, that is why a recipe always says or bake until a toothpick comes out clean. But baked for 80 minutes seems way too long. Did you use a 9x5 loaf pan? Was it placed in the center of the oven? Feel free to send me an email to help you figure out what may have been the problem.