Thanks to Musselman’s for sponsoring this post on Apple Bread made with Apple Sauce. This recipe is easy to make and packed with great tasting apple flavor!
I love baking with my kids. It allows us to spend quality time together while making some yummy goodies. My kids are huge fans of banana bread so I am always looking for fruits I can add to make different types of bread. I had the idea to make this delicious Apple Bread when my kids recently enjoyed a healthy snack of Musselman’s Apple Sauce.
Typically if you are going to be making an apple bread, you would need to cut and cook up some apples which can be time consuming. But thanks to Musselman’s Apple Sauce you can have the great taste of apples with less work. Musselman’s has lots of varieties of apple sauce such as Original, Cinnamon, Unsweetened and Chunky. My favorite variety to use in this apple bread is Musselman’s Chunky Apple Sauce, since it has chunks of apples that give the bread a nice texture.
Musselman’s is a grower-owned cooperative that’s been making apple sauce for over 100 years. It is made with 100% American grown-apples. It is GMO-free, contains no high fructose corn syrup and is instead sweetened with cane sugar for a better taste. We approve!
Apple Bread
Now that I had the Musselman’s, it was time to gather my helpers. My kids helped out with various parts of the process from mixing to eating. My daughter took her job to measure the apple sauce very seriously. We used 1 1/2 cups of the apple sauce which kept the bread from being dry, while giving it a delicious apple taste.
Just look at those apples in Musselman’s Chunky Apple Sauce! If you only have the original variety on hand, you can certainly use that instead, but I just love biting into the bread and tasting those apples.
After combining all the ingredients, my daughter helped me pour them into a loaf pan. Then we topped the apple bread batter with some brown sugar before popping it in the oven. The brown sugar results in a crunchy, caramelized topping.
This apple bread smells amazing while baking. Drawn in by the yummy scent, my kids kept running into the kitchen, asking if it was ready.
Finally it was time! I usually slather some butter on banana bread, but this apple bread was so soft, spongy and moist because of the Musselman’s Apple Sauce that no butter was necessary.
My kids starting gobbling up the apple bread as soon as it had sufficiently cooled. Our apple bread lasted just one day before it was all gone. Luckily, I have lots of Musselman’s Apple Sauce on hand so we can make some more!
Musselman’s Apple Sauce was an important ingredient in this recipe, but it also makes a great-tasting, healthy snack for kids and adults alike. Since Musselman’s apple sauce is available in family-size jars, single-serve cups, and convenient squeeze pouches, you can use it in a variety of ways. I love to add the single-serve cups to my my kids lunchboxes. My kids also enjoy having some when they come home from school.
Musselman’s is so versatile because it can be used as a healthy snack, side dish or meal ingredient.
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*While Musselman’s uses GMO-free cane sugar in all of their apple sauce, the Honey-Cinnamon flavor contains honey, which cannot be verified GMO-free.
- 1½ cups Musselman's Chunky Apple Sauce
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar + 3 tablespoons of brown sugar for topping
- 1 tablespoon honey
- ¼ cup oil
- 2 eggs
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9x5 loaf pan.
- Combine applesauce, sugars, honey, oil, eggs, milk and vanilla in a large bowl. Mix well.
- Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt to a large bowl.
- Stir until thoroughly combined.
- Pour into greased loaf pan and sprinkle 3 tablespoons of brown sugar on top evenly.
- Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes at 350 degrees. If the top starts to really brown before the inside is totally cooked, place some foil over the top and continue baking.
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I love making different kinds of bread and apple bread is always one of my favorites in the fall! Thanks for sharing this recipe, I’ll have to use it when I go apple picking this fall!
Oh yummy! I have never had apple bread before, but now I need to make it immediately. It sounds awesome.
I have not heard of this brand of applesauce before. Cooking is so fun when you can get the kids involved too. If this was gluten-free I would certainly love a slice
Believe it or not, I’ve never had apple bread! Ever. But, looks really yummy. I can see how this would be a fabulous time-saver by using the applesauce versus prepping apples. Great tip!
This is looking so tempting. I will try it.
This looks so good. We just made pumpkin bread last night. I know my kids would love this recipe! I’ll have to try it out! Thank you!
Oh my…I’m drooling! This reminds me of my favourite muffins, I can’t wait to make it and try for myself.
I am not big on baking but that apple bread recipe looks very tempting. I love an applesauce with chunks of apple in it. I will look for Musselmans for the bread and the other varieties.
I love all sorts of sweet breads! I’ve never had apple bread before, but I know it’s amazing! I can just taste it. I will have to make this one soon!
This looks like a tasty snack for sure. I’ve never taste this before so I would love to try it.
I have never tried apple bread before but it looks divine. I have tried other fruit based breads so this would be delicious for me x
How delicious! I love applesauce, but I haven’t tried apple bread before. Thank you for sharing the recipe!
I love this idea, I have never made my own bread before but I think adding apple sauce is going to make it even more delicious!
This sounds delicious. I think I have everything in my pantry to make this, so I might have to try it this week!
I have never heard of apple bread before! My kids love apple sauce, so I’m sure they would love this too!
My daughter loves bread and it would be nice to make some for her at home instead of buying off shelves! I think this is something that she’ll enjoy! It looks amazing and easy to prepare.
I would vote this recipe 5 stars but it seem to let me do 4 stars – sorry that meant to be 5 stars. As I love apple cake and I love this recipe – very delish. xx
OH I think I am going to give this a try today! My kids would love it and I love the added fruit in it with the applesauce!
Yum! That looks amazing! My kids love applesauce, I would have probably give it to them every day if only they don’t get constipated with it lol. I’ll try this apple bread one weekend and I’m sure they’ll love this.
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I love making things with applesauce. It adds so much flavor without the added fat. I would love to make this with my son!
love that the kids were involved in the kitchen too. My little fellow likes to measure too. He would love this bread since he likes apple sauce
That is a great idea, making apple bread from apple sauce. I am not really sure how it is made otherwise, but this sounds like a good idea to me. I would love to try it.
My youngest daughter loves bread and apples. I bet she would love this!
Apple bread??? This is my very first time hearing about. I love anything with apple. So this sounds equally yummy and delicious too. I will definitely add this to my list of recipes to do! Thanks for sharing.
Looks so delicious. I can only imagine how moist this bread is with the addition of the apple sauce.
I’ll have to try this! I love making bread and I think that my kids wouold really enjoy it too.
This bread looks delicious. I’m pretty sure my kid will love it. I’ll give a try next weekend. Thanks, for the recipe.
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