{ apple walnut bread }

It's snowing outside. Inside, it smells like apple walnut bread. I love this time of year.

Ingredients (1 loaf)

- 1 cup (2 1/2 dl) flour
- 1 cup (2 1/2 dl) whole wheat flour
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- a generous pinch of nutmeg
- 2/3 cup (1 1/2 dl) yogurt
- 1/2 cup (1 1/4 dl) light brown sugar
- 3.5 ounces (100 g) melted butter
- 1/3 cup (1/2 dl) golden syrup
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
- 3 - 4 apples, 1 cup grated, 1/2 cup chopped
- 3/4 cup (1 3/4 dl) walnuts, chopped

{ top }
- handful walnuts
- brown sugar
- cinnamon

Peel, chop and grate apples. Combine flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg. In a large bowl, mix yogurt, light brown sugar, melted butter, golden syrup, eggs and vanilla. Stir in dry ingredient mixture. Mix in chopped and grated apples. Add coarsely chopped walnuts. Fold until mixed.

Scoop the batter into a greased bread loaf pan (9 x 5 inches/12 x 23 cm). Top with walnuts and sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon. Bake at 350 F (175 F) for 40-50 until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool in the pan before removing.

{ recipe adapted from joy the baker via cooking for seven }

 

Comments

[Zita]

Wonderful Tiina! Love this kind of bread! I'll bake it.

[Nicole]

Looks like a perfect fall treat. I'm planning to pick up some apples this weekend so I'll have to try this!

[Živilė Vi]

How cute :)first sentence of your post.
I love this time too. but now, here, in Lithuania isn't snowing yet..
Now, I'm going to make your cinnamon sugar biscotti.
You made my evening!

[bianca]

Worth the wait!

xoxo
bianca

[Cristina]

This looks perfect for the season. It isn't snowing here (Dublin) but it's cold and windy, and I just lit the fire. I'd love a slice of this cake to go with my cup of tea :)

[mallory]

Tiina, your blog is stunning & absolutely delightful!!

[Maria Ferreira]

I love being here! And i love too this time of the year. Another recipe for me to try =)

[Christy]

snow, apple, walnut. sounds like a winter dream!!

[tiina]

You make me smile, friends. Thank you so much for the lovely comments!

[heather]

I said it before and I'll say it again -- warm, sweetly aromatic bread + snowflakes falling is dreamy. The chance of snow here this winter is probably less than 1%, so I'll take as many stories like these as you care to post! Also, I very much dig the flour combo and use of yogurt in the batter. In place of golden syrup (to keep a similar flavor profile), would you recommend maple syrup or molasses.

Cheers,

*Heather*

[Karolina]

I love the color of bread :) I should make this!

[Mapi]

Italy's not as cold as the other Countries mentioned above, but I particularly love the warm, spicy fragrance of this bread: I smell it from the pic! I'm certainly going to bake it soon, it makes me think of cosy evenings at home.

[kirbie]

This looks so delicious and like the perfect fall bread! I'm definitely going to make this really soon!

[Maria Ferreira]

Hi! I tried this onde today, i just changed some few things, but it´s similar! SOOOO GOOD! It´s a "winter cake"

[Cliff C]

Hey Tiina, I compared your recipe with the original, and I have a question: What's the different in using yoghurt and buttermilk? And why did you add syrup? I'm fairly new to baking so I'd like to try and understand substitutions. :)

[Tammy]

Tiina, what perfect timing! I've apples looking for a purpose, chilly weather, snacktime (les quatre heures, as it's called around here) without a snack idea. Thank you!

[Krista]

Hi Tiina - it's so lovely to meet you. :-) I can just imagine how delicious your house would smell with this baking away. :-) I love your photo too - draws you right in and makes you want to start noshing now!!

[tiina]

Thank you for all your lovely comments and thoughts!

And thank you for the questions too. Let's see...

Heather, maple syrup would be a great alternative for golden syrup in this recipe. Molasses works too but will make the cake much darker in color and flavor.

Cliff, yogurt brings creamy moisture and syrup gives the cake of course some extra flavor but also a bit chewier texture. Syrup and brown sugar go great together with spices of this season like cinnamon and nutmeg.

[Crustabakes]

wholemeal flour and yoghurt. this sounds deliciously healthy!

[Sarah, Maison Cupcake]

These pictures are so simple but they look wonderful, I hope I can do the same justice to the banana and walnut cake I made last night. Thanks for the inspiration!

[zerrin]

I love the color! Must be great to feel the smell of apple walnut bread in the kitchen on this cold Winter day.Yummy!

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