Apple Pecan Quickbread Recipes

SPICED APPLE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F and lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan. Set pan aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, add butter, sugar, eggs and oil and beat, using a hand mixer, until smooth. Lightly beat in diced apples.
• In a separate mixing bowl, combine dry ingredients (flour, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, baking soda, baking powder and salt) and stir.
• Add the flour mixture to the bowl with the "wet" ingredients and use a rubber spatula to stir together. Stir until just combined and no flour streaks remain.
• Transfer batter to prepared loaf pan and bake for 45-50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs.
• Let bread cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then turn bread out onto a wire cooling rack to finish cooling.
• Slice once cool, and serve.

APPLE RAISIN QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a bowl, beat oil, eggs and vanilla. Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, cloves and baking powder; beat into the egg mixture. Stir in apples, raisins and nuts. Pour into two greased 9x5-in. loaf pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 60-70 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

APPLE PECAN QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, sift together the flour, the sugar, the baking powder, and the salt, making a well in the center. Set aside. Stir in the liquid ingredients until just combined, being careful not to overmix. Gently stir in the apples and the pecans. Pour the batter into prepared pan and bake for 50-60 minutes or until a cake tester inserted into center of loaf comes out with moist crumbs attached. Do not overbake.

APPLE-PECAN-OAT QUICK BREAD WITH CREAM CHEESE GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly brush one 9-by-5-by-3-inch loaf pan or three 6-by-3-by-2-inch mini loaf pans with melted butter and set aside.
• Combine the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg in a medium bowl. Add the oats and pecans and toss together. Set aside.
• Whisk together the melted butter, yogurt, vanilla extract, eggs and grated zest if using in a small bowl. Stir in the shredded apples. Fold this mixture into the flour mixture until just incorporated.
• Transfer the batter to the prepared loaf pan(s). Tap the bottom on a hard surface a few times and smooth the top. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 55 to 60 minutes for the regular and 35 to 40 minutes for the minis. Transfer to a wire rack to cool for 30 minutes, then turn the bread out and let cool completely on the rack.
• Whisk together the confectioners' sugar, cream cheese, milk and vanilla extract in a small bowl until smooth.
• Pour the glaze over the bread and allow to set at room temperature, 15 to 20 minutes. Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

APPLE BUTTER & PECAN QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and beat well. Combine buttermilk and soda. Combine flour and spices. Add alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour. Stir in apple butter and pecans.
• Pour into greased and floured 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan. Bake at 350*F for 1 hour or until wooden pick inserted comes out clean. Cool in pan for 5 minutes; remove to wire rack and cool completely.

APPLE PECAN QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, sift together the flour, the sugar, the baking powder, and the salt, making a well in the center.
• Set aside.
• Stir in the liquid ingredients until just combined, being careful not to overmix.
• Gently stir in the apples and the pecans.
• Pour the batter into prepared pan and bake for 50-60 minutes or until a cake tester inserted into center of loaf comes out with moist crumbs attached.
• Do not overbake.

CINNAMON-APPLE-PECAN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan.
• Combine apples, 4 tablespoons butter, honey, 1 tablespoon cinnamon, and cinnamon stick in a saucepan over medium heat. Cover with a lid and cook, stirring frequently, about 10 minutes.
• While apples are simmering, sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.
• Combine remaining 8 tablespoons butter, remaining 1 tablespoon cinnamon, and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat together until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time; beat until fully incorporated. Add vanilla extract.
• Discard cinnamon stick and mash cooked apples. Add mashed apples and pecans to the batter. Use a rubber spatula to mix in flour mixture until just incorporated. Transfer batter to the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool on a wire rack.