Apple Cinnamon Bread

This apple cinnamon bread is buttery moist and cake-like with plenty of apples dotted in each slice. You can use tart or sweet apples in this loaf, but avoid soft and mushy apples. Feel free to turn this recipe into muffins or mini loaves. See recipe notes below.

Ingredients

Apples

• 1 and 1/2 cups (180g) peeled & chopped apples (1/2 inch chunks; you need about 2 medium apples)
• 1/3 cup (67g) packed light or dark brown sugar
• 1 and 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Batter

• 1 and 3/4 cups (219g) all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled)
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup (8 Tbsp; 113g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
• 3/4 cup (150g) granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs, at room temperature
• 1/3 cup (80g) unsweetened applesauce, at room temperature*
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup (120ml) whole milk, at room temperature