Healthy Apple Bread

Enjoy the warm and cozy flavors of fall with this healthy apple cinnamon bread. Made with almond flour, oat flour and naturally sweetened. A healthier sweet bread you can feel good about eating. Takes just 15 minutes to mix up the ingredients and get ready for the oven.

Course bread, Breakfast, Snack

Cuisine American

Diet Gluten Free

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 45

Rest Time 20

Total Time 1 20

Servings slices

Calories 207kcal

Author Sara

Equipment

1 Mixing bowl
1 8.5"x4.5" loaf pan

Ingredients

1 ⅓ cup almond flour
⅔ cup oat flour
⅔ cup tapioca starch (also called tapioca flour)
2 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. baking soda
¼ tsp. fine sea salt
1 ½ tsp. ground cinnamon
¼ tsp. ground nutmeg
2 eggs, room temperature
½ cup unsweetened apple sauce
⅔ cup coconut sugar
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
½ tsp. apple cider vinegar
1 cup peeled and chopped apples

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350-degrees F and lightly grease an 8.5"x4.5" loaf pan, or line with parchment paper.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the almond flour, oat flour, tapioca starch, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add the eggs, applesauce, coconut sugar, vanilla, and vinegar. Whisk the wet ingredients together in the center, then mix them into the dry ingredients until fully combined. Fold in the chopped apples.
Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and spread it evenly. Let the batter rest in the pan for 20 minutes—this step is important to help the gluten-free flours absorb moisture and prevent soggy bread.
Bake for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. (Tip: Check the bread around 35 minutes and if it's starting to brown too much, tent the bread with a piece of foil.)
Cool the bread in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack or plate to cool completely before slicing.
Slice and enjoy!

Notes

The size of the loaf pan matters - your standard loaf pan is 8.5"x4.5" and is what I recommend for this recipe. If you use a 9x5 pan, slightly reduce baking time.
Crisp, sweet apples are best, like honeycrisp or pink lady.
Feel free to save a few of the chopped apples for sprinkling over the batter before baking.
Let the batter rest for 20 minutes in the pan before baking. This allows the gluten-free flours time to absorb the moisture, resulting in a light and fluffy texture.
Allow the bread to fully cool before slicing. Gluten-free flours need the cooling time to allow the interior of the bread to firm up.

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