Apple Fritter Bread is a delicious country quick bread, stuffed with fresh apples and topped with a cream cheese glaze. It's perfect as a sweet breakfast bread or a dessert loaf.
2medium appleslike Honeycrisp or Granny Smith peeled and chopped (about 1 1/2 cups)
2tablespoonssugar
1teaspooncinnamon
pinchof cardamom
pinchof nutmeg
Brown Sugar Mixture
1/3cuplight brown sugarpacked
1teaspoonground cinnamon
Bread Batter
1 1/2cupsall purpose flour
2teaspoonsbaking powder
1/2cupsalted butterroom temperature
2/3cupgranulated sugar
2eggsroom temperature
1teaspoonvanilla
1/2cupplain Greek yogurtroom temperature
Glaze
2ouncescream cheesesoftened
2tablespoonsbuttermelted
1teaspoonvanilla
pinchof cinnamon
1/2cuppowdered sugar
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x5 loaf pan with non-stick spray, or line with parchment paper and set aside.
Prepare apple mixture. Toss chopped apples with spices and sugar until evenly coated.
Prepare brown sugar mixture in a small bowl. Whisk together sugar and cinnamon.
Prepare the bread batter. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour and baking powder.
In a large bowl, use an electric mixer and beat together the softened butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then mix in the vanilla. Add in the flour mixture and mix until blended. Add the yogurt and mix until smooth.
Pour half the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Spread half of the apple mixture and half of the brown sugar mixture over the top. Gently swirl, just a little bit, with a butter knife. Pour the remaining batter over the top. Spread the remaining apple mixture and brown sugar mixture over the batter, gently pressing it in to the batter, or swirl it just a little with a butter knife again.
Bake in preheated oven for approximately 55 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. After removing from oven, let it rest for at least 15 minutes before removing it from loaf pan. Cool on wire rack for at least another 20 to 30 minutes.
To make the glaze, whisk together all of the ingredients until smooth. You can make it thicker by adding a little more sugar, or thinner by adding a little milk. When you're ready to serve the bread, just drizzle the glaze all over the loaf.
You can also bake this bread in a bundt pan, but you will need to adjust the bake time. Start checking it, by inserting a toothpick, at approximately 35 to 40 minutes.