Apple Banana Bread

This moist and delicious apple banana bread is easy to make and loved by all. Step-by-step photos teach you how to make this quick bread recipe. Warm cinnamon and apples give banana bread a delicious fall flavor.

Ingredients

For this easy quick bread recipe you'll need:

• Unsalted Butter. No need to wait for it to soften, we just need melted butter.
• Sugars. A blend of regular white granulated sugar and light brown sugar is my preference. But you can use all of one if you'd prefer.
• Large Eggs. For the eggs to evenly incorporate into the batter you'll want them at room temperature. Place the eggs in a bowl of warm water for 5 minutes before cracking them to bring them to room temperature.
• Pure Vanilla Extract. Vanilla pairs perfectly with the apples and cinnamon.
• Ground Cinnamon. While I personally don't usually add ground cinnamon to my plain banana bread because this is an apple banana bread I felt the warmth would add something and it totally did. So, good!
• All-Purpose Flour. Make sure you measure your flour properly. Too much or too little can drastically alter the texture of the bread.
• Baking Soda. This helps the banana bread rise in the oven. If your bread doesn't rise properly check that your baking soda is active, after a few months you should be replacing your baking soda.
• Salt. This helps balance the sweetness and helps the other ingredients flavor profile.
• Sour Cream. This delicous ingredient helps tenderize the bread and add tons of moisture! Make sure its at room temperature. You could also use full-fat Greek yogurt.
• Very Ripe Bananas. The browner the better!
• Granny Smith Apples. You'll need to core and dice roughly 2 medium size apples, you'll want approximatley 1 ½ cups of diced apples. You can use any cooking apples: Granny Smith, Honey Crisp, Fuji, Gala, Braeburn, Cortland.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350F/180C and grease a 9-inch X 5-inch loaf pan with baking spray.

In a large bowl mix together the butter, sugars, eggs, vanilla extract, sour cream, and cinnamon.

Add mashed bananas and mix to combine.

Now for the dry ingredients, gently fold in the flour, baking soda, and salt.

Finally, gently fold in the apples, you don't want to overmix the batter.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle optional brown sugar and ground cinnamon on top, trust me it's delicious!

Bake for the bread for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Let cool in the pan for at least 30 minutes before removing from pan. Then invert and let cool on a wire rack. Store the bread at room temperature unless you live in a warm climate store it in the fridge. 

If you like this check out my apple cinnamon oatmeal next!

How to freeze

Apple banana bread is the perfect treat to freeze. Once the quick bread is baked let it cool completely then slice it or leave it whole and wrap it in plastic wrap tightly twice. If the banana bread is whole then wrap it in foil after the plastic wrap, if the banana bread is in slices place the plastic-wrapped slices in a freezer-safe bag.

Can you double

You can totally double the recipe by pressing the 2X button in the recipe card and baking in two 9" by 5" loaf pans.

More banana bread recipes

Another fruity banana bread I love is my strawberry banana bread recipe or blueberry banana bread.

For a good crunch try my walnut banana bread recipe, toasted with a schmear of butter, it's sooooo good!

This coconut banana bread my friend Aimee makes is tropically delicious!

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