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This Apple Raisin and walnut Bread is so moist, fluffy, and delicious. A simple bread recipe made with fresh apples, golden raisins, walnuts, and a bright citrus note. Easy to make, tasty, and perfect to enjoy all year round.
I always think of these apple oatmeal cookies whenever I make this apple bread.
I love the classic apple walnut bread and I wanted to make a lighter version of it and add in some raisins! Loved the combination and I think you will love it too. This simple apple bread is so moist and tasty and it is made with added applesauce, chopped walnuts, and coconut oil.
📃 Summary
- Healthy and nutritious: This apple bread made with oats is dairy-free, refined sugar-free, and made with wholesome ingredients, especially coconut oil instead of butter.
- Moist and delicious: You will love how moist and satisfying this version of apple bread is compared to the higher sugar versions that cause a sugar crash after a couple of hours.
- Easy to make: Like other “quick bread,” this healthy apple bread with applesauce is super easy to make once you get all your ingredients together.
🍴Equipment
- Small Loaf Pan
- Parchment Paper
- Measuring Spoons & Cups
- Medium & Large Mixing Bowls
- Whisk
- Spatula
- Paring Knife & Cutting Board
🍶Ingredients
- unsweetened applesauce: make homemade apple sauce or use unsweetened.
- vanilla extract
- lemon and lemon zest
- coconut oil: melted- you can use olive oil or any other oil.
- yogurt: I used vanilla but you can use plain.
- eggs
- coconut sugar: any other sugar will work, cane sugar, monkfruit sugar, or brown sugar.
- pumpkin spice mix
- baking soda and baking powder
- whole wheat flour: if you don’t have wheat flour, use any flour of choice.
- Oats: I used rolled oats
- walnuts– chop them into small pieces
- raisins: use any raisins of your choice. I used golden
- apple: medium apple of choice.
🔪 Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350F and line a small loaf pan with parchment paper.
In a medium bowl, whisk well the first 7 ingredients. In a second bowl, stir to combine the following 4 ingredients.
Pour the wet ingredients over the dry and stir to incorporate. Fold in the walnuts and raisins.
Quickly peel and chop the apple, and squeeze over the juice of 1/2 small lemon. Stir it into the batter.
Transfer the batter to the prepared loaf pan. Bake for about 45-55 minutes, or until a toothpick when inserted into the center comes out clean.
Allow it to completely cool before slicing.
💬 Top Tips
- Remember, always allow your wet ingredients to come to room temperature before incorporating.
- The same goes for the apples; if they were refrigerated, let them warm while preparing the batter.
- If you aren’t a fan of the “secret” pumpkin pie spice mix, you can substitute it with cinnamon.
- Don’t over-mix the batter; it is designed to be whisked, mixed, and folded in each step until just combined.
- Lining the pan with parchment paper will make it much easier to remove the apple walnut bread from pan after baking.
- Big Tip that is always worth repeating: spoon flour into the measuring cup and level off with a flat edge. “Scooping” into the flour container results in compacted flour content and will mess up your recipe!
Frequently Asked Questions
Coconut oil for a couple of reasons, first it makes quick bread, cakes, and muffins more moist.
No. You do not have to peel the apples. This would be a personal preference since the peel of an apple is edible and often times used in baking too.
I highly recommend you avoid apples that are too soft and mushy. A great one used in baking would be Granny Smith, Gala, Fuji, or Honeycrisp.
It is all going to depend on the type of flour and ingredients you use. Some flours will naturally attract more moisture than others. Also, try not to overmix the batter which will sometimes cause the bread to be a bit dense.
More healthy breads
- Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread
- Easy Banana Date Nut Bread
- Cranberry Orange Bread
- Blueberry Zucchini Bread
- Lemon Poppy Seed Zucchini Bread
- Double Chocolate Banana Bread
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Apple Raisin and Walnut Bread
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 2 Teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 Teaspoon lemon zest, from 1/2 small lemon
- 1/4 cup melted coconut oil
- 3/4 cup vanilla yogurt
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup coconut sugar
- 2 Teaspoons pumpkin spice mix
- 1/2 Teaspoon baking soda
- 1 Teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1/2 cup whole wheat flour, gluten-free flour or al- purpose will work
- 1/4 cup rolled oats
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/4 cup golden raisins
- 1 medium apple, peeled and diced into 1/4-inch cubes
- 1/2 small lemon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F and line a small loaf pan with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, whisk well the first 7 ingredients.
- In a second bowl, stir to combine the following 4 ingredients.
- Pour the wet ingredients over the dry and stir to incorporate.
- Fold in the walnuts and raisins.
- Quickly peel and chop the apple, and squeeze over the juice of 1/2 small lemon. Stir it into the batter.
- Transfer the batter to the prepared loaf pan.
- Bake for about 45-55 minutes, or until a toothpick when inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Allow it to completely cool before slicing.
Notes
- Serving size: one slice.
- use parchment paper at the bottom of the pan to make it easier to remove the bread from the pan.
- coconut oil can be substituted with any other oil
- If you don’t have vanilla yogurt, you may use plain yogurt.
- Don’t like raisins, you may skip this ingredient.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Can I use all purpose flour instead?
yes you can
When mixing the first 7 ingredients and then the following four, it doesn’t include the oats so where are they added? Also, no salt in this recipe?
Hi. That would be in step 3, in another bowl you mix in the dry ingredients
Ok thank you! Going to make this this week! Will report back.
If u could clarify the size of the
“small” loaf pan please because I have 4 different sizes.
Hi Jody. My pan is 9×5
What size do u consider a “small loaf pan”? I have 4 different sizes.