We took your favorite fall treat (caramel apples!) and transformed it into a from-scratch quick bread. With just 20 minutes of prep, this snack will be baking up in your oven before you know it! Chopped pecans and shredded apples get mixed into the batter for a texture and taste the whole family will love. After cooling, drizzle with the homemade caramel glaze for a perfect fall dessert that’s sure to please everyone at the table.
Caramel-Glazed Apple Bread
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 2 hr 55 min
- Servings 24
- Ingredients 15
Ingredients
Bread
- 1 1/2 cups shredded peeled baking apples (2 large)
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 4 eggs, lightly beaten
- 3 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Glaze
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar, sifted
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottoms only of 2 (8x4-inch) loaf pans with cooking spray or shortening.
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Step2In large bowl, stir together apples, 1 cup brown sugar, the buttermilk, oil and eggs. Stir in remaining bread ingredients just until dry ingredients are moistened. Pour into pans.
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Step3Bake 45 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes on cooling rack. Loosen sides of loaves from pans; remove from pans and place top sides up on cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
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Step4In 1-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in 1/4 cup brown sugar. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly; reduce heat to low. Boil and stir 2 minutes. Stir in milk. Heat to boiling; remove from heat. Cool to lukewarm, about 30 minutes.
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Step5Gradually stir powdered sugar into glaze mixture. Place saucepan of glaze in bowl of cold water. Beat with spoon until smooth and thin enough to drizzle. If glaze becomes too stiff, stir in additional milk, 1/2 teaspoon at a time, or heat over low heat, stirring constantly. Drizzle glaze over loaves. Wrap tightly and store at room temperature up to 4 days, or refrigerate up to 10 days.
Nutrition
200
Calories
8g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
27g
Total Carbohydrate
15g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Slice
- Calories
- 200
- Calories from Fat
- 70
- Total Fat
- 8g
- 13%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 9%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 40mg
- 13%
- Sodium
- 230mg
- 10%
- Potassium
- 95mg
- 3%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 27g
- 9%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 4%
- Sugars
- 15g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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