- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 16 servings
- Category: dessert
- Method: oven
- Cuisine: american
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 16 servings
- Category: dessert
- Method: oven
- Cuisine: american
Ingredients
- 1 cup apple cider*
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
for the cinnamon sugar topping
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a standard size 1-lb loaf pan with parchment paper on all sides. Set aside.
- Place the apple cider in a sauce pan over medium heat and cook, stirring frequently with a silicone spatula until thickened and reduced to 1/2 cup of liquid. Set aside to cool.
- Place the softened butter and brown sugar in a stand mixer fit with the whisk attachment. Beat on high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
- Scrape down the bowl and add the vanilla extract and eggs, one at a time, beating well between each addition.
- In a separate bowl combine the applesauce and apple cider, mixing to combine. Set aside.
- In another bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and spices.
- Alternate adding the dry ingredients and the apple cider mixture to the butter mixture in 3 additions, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. The batter will be thick. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan, spreading it into an even layer.
- Mix together the sugar and cinnamon for the topping (I like to do this in the bowl I mixed the dry ingredients in). Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar mixture all over the top of the loaf.
- Bake at 350°F for 35 to 40 minutes or until it springs back to the touch and a knife inserted into the middle comes out mostly clean. Allow to cool before slicing and serving!
Keywords: apple cider donut bread, apple cider donut loaf
Notes
- The recipe calls for reducing the apple cider down to a 1/2 cup on the stove, but if you don’t have the time for that you can just use a 1/2 up of apple cider–the apple flavor just won’t be quite as intense!
