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Spiced Apple Cider Crumb Bread

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★★★★

4 from 1 reviews

This apple cider quick bread is reminiscent in flavor of an apple cider donut from the apple orchard (which I happen to love).  It’s super moist and perfectly spiced, sure to become a fall tradition in your kitchen!

Ingredients

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For the Streusel Topping:

  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup light brown sugar
  • 3/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  • 5T unsalted butter, melted

For the Bread:

  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/3 cup light brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup sour cream
  • 1 cup apple cider (or natural apple juice)
  • 1 tsp lemon zest (about 1 lemon)
  • 5 ounces peeled, cored, and diced apple (about 1 small apple, 1/2″ dice)
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp ground cloves
  • 1 tsp kosher salt

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Grease a quick bread loaf pan (usually 9″x5″).  Set aside.
  2. For the streusel topping, mix all of the ingredients together in a bowl until well combined.  Set aside.
  3. For the bread, using a whisk, mix together the butter and sugars.  Add the eggs, whisk.  Add the vanilla, whisk.  Add the sour cream, apple cider, and lemon zest.  Whisk until combined.  Stir in the diced apple.
  4. Combine all of the dry ingredients in separate bowl.  Sift the dry ingredients into the wet.  Using a spatula, fold in the dry ingredients just until combined.  Do not overmix.
  5. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan.  Sprinkle the streusel on top.  Place the loaf pan on a baking sheet (to catch any drips) and bake in the pre-heated oven for 1 hour and 10 minutes.  Due to varying oven temperatures, start testing the doneness of the bread at 1 hour (with a toothpick or knife).  I took mine out at 1 hour 5 minutes, but it could have used the extra 5 minutes (for a total of 1 hour, 10 minutes).

Notes

Sometimes apple cider can be hard to find if you haven’t made it to the apple orchard.  I used North Coast Organic Honeycrisp Apple Juice instead of apple cider (found at the grocery store in the shelf-stable juice aisle).

I used Honeycrisp apples, but any crisp, slightly tart apple will work just fine.

The streusel on this bread gets crisp and fragile, so cut with care using a serrated knife and sawing into the streusel (instead of just pushing down through it).

This bread works great baked ahead, cooled completely, wrapped tightly in plastic wrap, and served the next day (or even two).

Fancy it up with a drizzle of caramel sauce.  So good.

Find it online: https://www.flourandco.com/apple-cider-streusel-bread/