Browned Butter Apple Bread Recipe (2024)

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A couple of week’s ago I madeSprinkle Bake’s Pumpkin Browned Butter Cupcakes. I tried them out for dessert and then on my son’s preschool class. Both times they were gobbled up and seconds were requested. Not bad.

This week, as I left a friend’s house, she graciously gave us over a dozen apples and 6 incredibly tasty apple muffins. Again, both kids loved them and it was handy to have something so tasty to give the kids between school pickup and our afternoon activity of the day.

As I began contemplating what would become of the apples, my amateur baker brain started turning. What if I combined these two flavors? There is already butter in most cupcake recipes, so why not brown it?

After searching through my files tryingto find the right “base” recipe, I foundSmitten Kitchen’s Whole Wheat Apple Cupcakerecipe AND I had all of the supplies at home already. I was ready to get started and after considering the week’s schedule, I decided to make two loaves, not muffins/ cupcakes.
While I was baking, I noticed that my littlest one was very quiet, a sure sign of trouble. As I scanned the kitchen, I noticed one apple with a little bite…and then another…and then a trail. Another friend had dropped a bag of her delicious apples by during a visit(I love living here) andsomeonehadscattered them across the floor.

Finally, I turned the corner and there she was chomping away on the one that seemed to satisfy her apple needs.In the meantime, her brother ate 4 of them. Yes, 4. Why do I bother baking and what how the heck am I going to keep him fed when he is in high school!?!

After rounding up the remaining apples, I finished the loaves and put them in the oven. There was a sweet request that we leave the light on so we could see when they are ready.

The result was delicious and someone couldn’t keep her apple thief-y little fingers off of it.

A photo shoot was impossible with these little fingers going for a grab.
Note the piece of bread in her hand. Now you know that the picture at the top of this post was a wee bit challenging to capture.

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Browned Butter Apple Bread

Yield: 2 - 9x4 loaves

CourseBreads

Keywordbreads, quick breads

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour

Cooling Time 20 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes

Author Val Curtis

Ingredients

2cupsorganic whole wheat flour
2cupsorganic all-purpose flour
1/4cupflax seed
2teaspoonsbaking powder
2teaspoonsbaking soda
1/2teaspoonsalt
2tablespoonsorganic cinnamon
1cup2 sticks unsalted organic butterat room temperature, divided
1cupgranulated organic sugar
1cupdark brown sugarpacked
2large organic brown eggs
1cuporganic yogurt
1cuporganic sour cream
4cupsof organic applespeeled, cored and diced **

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 450°F and generously grease 2 - 9x4 bread pans.
To peel, core and dice your apples try the following:
1) Cut off the top and bottom of your apples.
2) Peel using a potato peeler.
3) Use OXO Steel Apple Dividerto chop into slices.
Dice slices into bite-size pieces.
Add 3 tablespoons of butter over high heat in a skillet untiljust brownand then add diced apples for 2 minutes over medium heat. Remove from heat and set aside.
Mix together the dry ingredients (flours, flax seed, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon) and set aside.
In a mixer bowl, mix the remaining butter and add the granulated sugar and 1/2 cup of the brown sugar. Beat until fluffy. Add the egg and beat until completely mixed. Add yogurt and sour cream and mix until smooth.
Slowly add in the dry ingredients and mix on slow for 2 minutes.
Fold in the apple chunks.
Divide the batter evenly among the prepared bread pans.
Sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup of brown sugar on top.
Bake for 20 minutes. Lower heat to 375°F andbake for an additional 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a loaf comes out clean.
Cool the loaves for 5 minutes in the pans, then turn them out onto a wire rack to cool completely.