Indulge in a delicious and easy to make apple fritter bread with this step-by-step recipe. It’s layered with apples and cinnamon sugar. Perfect for breakfast or as a tasty dessert!
This recipe for apple fritter bread reminds me of fall at my grandma’s house. The smell of apples and cinnamon made everything feel cozy. It’s like one of those old quick breads from her cookbooks.
It tastes like an apple fritter donut but without the mess. No frying needed. Just a soft loaf with sweet cinnamon sugar in every bite. It’s the best!
If you’re looking for another delicious fall recipe, try my Pumpkin Loaf Cake, my Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread, or my Apple Pop Tarts.
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Why This Recipe Works
- The combination of cinnamon and apples makes this apple amish bread taste like an apple fritter! For another treat with apples, try my phyllo dough apple turnovers.
- This country apple fritter bread doesn’t require any special tools or ingredients. It’s as simple as my classic banana bread recipe and apple crisp bars!
- Like my cinnamon apple muffins recipe, this apple fritter loaf is perfect with coffee in the morning, as a snack or dessert!
Ingredients
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Below are some useful notes about some of the ingredients for this country apple fritter bread recipe.
- 2 Apples: 2 medium sized apples. I prefer to use one Granny Smith and one Honeycrisp, but you can use any baking apples. Wash, peel, core and diced into small cubes. Try my apple coffee cake and olive oil apple cake for more delicious apple recipes!
- Eggs: Use 2 large, room temperature eggs.
- Brown sugar: Use light or dark brown sugar. Make sure your brown sugar is fresh and free of lumps.
- Milk: Use room temperature whole milk for both the bread and the icing.
- Sour cream: Use full fat, room temperature sour cream.
- Cinnamon: This cinnamon swirl apple fritter bread is full of cinnamon flavor just like my pumpkin spice olive oil cake!
- Ginger: I like to add ground ginger to the apple filling, but it’s optional. Ginger adds more depth of flavor just like it does in my recipe for apple turnovers with phyllo dough!
Please see recipe card below for full list of ingredients.
Substitutions & Variations
- Use unsweetened plain full fat Greek yogurt as a substitute for sour cream.
- Swap in a pinch of ground nutmeg in place of the ground ginger.
- You can use 2% milk in place of whole milk.
- Instead of icing, top this bread with home made caramel sauce!
How to Make Country Apple Fritter Bread
Quick Video Recap
Instructions
Step 1: (Photo 1 above) In a small bowl, stir to combine brown sugar and cinnamon.
Step 2: (Photo 2 above) Wash, peel, and dice the apples into small 1/4 inch cubes. Stir or toss apples with brown sugar and cinnamon. Set aside.
Step 3: (Photo 3 above). Beat the butter and granulated sugar together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy.
Step 4: (Photo 4 above) Mix in the eggs and vanilla. Add in half the dry ingredients then mix in the milk and sour cream. Add the rest of the dry ingredients.
Step 5 (Photo 5 above). Spread half the batter into a loaf pan. Spread half of the apples evenly over top. Sprinkle half of the cinnamon brown sugar mixture over top.
Step 6: (Photo 6 above) Spread the rest of the batter on top. Top with the rest of the apples and the rest of the cinnamon brown sugar mixture.
Step 7: (Photo 7 above). Bake at 350 for 50-60 minutes. Cool completely before icing or slicing.
Step 8: (Photo 8 above). Combine the icing ingredients in a bowl. Drizzle icing over the cooled cake.
Recipe FAQs
Apple fritter bread is a soft, sweet quick bread with chunks of apples and swirls of cinnamon sugar. It tastes like an apple fritter but is easier to bake and slice.
Granny Smith and Honeycrisp are the best apples for apple bread. They stay firm when baked and give the perfect mix of tart and sweet. If you can’t find them, try Fuji or Braeburn.
Store the bread in an airtight container at room temperature for 1–2 days or in the fridge for up to 5 days. If you’re adding icing, wait until right before serving so it doesn’t make the bread soggy. To freeze, wrap well and keep for up to 3 months, then drizzle icing after thawing.
Expert Tips
- You can bake this bread with just one kind of apple, but using two adds more flavor. My favorites are Granny Smith and Honeycrisp.
- Mix the butter and sugars until pale and fluffy, not dense or greasy. Scrape down the bowl once to make sure everything is evenly mixed and airy.
- Stop mixing in the dry ingredients as soon as you no longer see any bits of flour.
- Let bread cool 10–15 minutes in the pan, then remove it and finish cooling completely on a wire rack (about 1–2 hours) so it doesn’t fall apart when sliced.
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Apple Fritter Bread
Ingredients
Cinnamon Sugar
- 1½ teaspoons (1½ teaspoons) cinnamon
- ⅓ cup (73.33 g) brown sugar packed, light or dark
Apple Filling
- 2 cups (250 g) apples about 2 medium apples, peeled, cored, and diced into ¼ inch cubes
- 1 tablespoon (g) granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon (1 teaspoon) cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon (¼ teaspoon) ground ginger optional
Bread
- ½ cup (113.5 g) unsalted butter room temperature
- ¾ cup (150 g) granulated sugar
- 2 (2) large eggs room temperature
- 1½ teaspoons (1½ teaspoons) vanilla extract
- 1½ cups (187.5 g) all purpose flour
- 2¼ teaspoons (2¼ teaspoons) baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon (¼ teaspoon) baking soda
- ½ teaspoon (½ teaspoon) salt
- ¼ cup (59.15 ml) whole milk room temperature
- ⅓ cup (76.67 g) full fat sour cream room temperature
Icing (Optional)
- ¾ cup (90 g) powdered sugar
- 1½ tablespoon (22.18 ml) milk or heavy cream plus more if icing is too thick
- 1/4 teaspoon (1/4 teaspoon) vanilla extract optional
Instructions
Cinnamon Sugar
- In a small bowl, stir to combine the brown sugar and cinnamon. Set aside.
Apple Filling
- Wash, peel, core and cut the apples into small cubes. Toss or stir them with the sugar, ginger (if using) and cinnamon. Set aside.
Apple Bread
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease and line a 9×5-inch pan or a 8×4-inch loaf pan* with parchment paper. Leave excess paper along two sides to make it easier to remove the bread once baked.
- In a medium sized mixing bowl, whisk to combine the dry ingredients and set aside.
- In a large bowl or in the bowl of an electric mixer, mix the butter and granulated sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl about halfway through mixing to make sure everything gets aerated evenly.
- Mix in the eggs one at a time followed by the vanilla. Mix in half the dry ingredients til just combined. Add the sour cream and the milk and beat until combined. Mix in the rest of the dry ingredients until just combined.
- Spread half the batter into the prepared pan. Spread half of the cinnamon apples over the batter. Sprinkle half of the cinnamon sugar over the apples. Spread the rest of the batter over top. Spread the rest of the apples followed by the rest of the cinnamon sugar over top.
- Bake for 45-60 minutes* or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the center. Allow cake to cool in pan for ten minutes and then turn it out to cool completely on a rack. Once completely cool, drizzle with icing if desired.
Icing (Optional)
- In a medium sized bowl, sift the powdered sugar. Add the milk and vanilla and use a whisk or spoon to combine. Drizzle the icing over the cooled cake and enjoy!
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Notes
Nutrition
Please note that nutritional values are created by an online calculator and should only be used as an estimate.
Amber and little Soleia:)
very beautiful smells and taste, but I had a cast iron pan and a toddler whining so, I completely read the recipe wrong on the part that had to do with how you layer it into the pan. it burned a bit on bottom but still has a bit of crunch which doesn’t taste burnt at all! the bread of course was right. I did use coconut yogurt for the sour cream. overall easy to read the recipe and also didn’t have room temperature for milk but I did for butter so, it worked out. now my house smells like holiday goodn ess as well. I love how the recipe only included a bit of cinnamon but it made the best taste!
Natalie Ward
Hi Amber and little Soleia! Thank you so much for making this and for sharing your recipe notes. I’m so happy you enjoyed it!! xo
Nicki
This apple fritter bread is amazing! It’s so moist and full of fall flavors.
Natalie
Yay thank you so much for making it, Nicki! So happy you enjoyed it!
Des Sweetman
Loved the step by step instructions. Turned out beautifully. Thank you for sharing your recipe.
Natalie
Hi Des, Thanks so much for making this apple fritter bread and for your comment. So happy you found the instructions helpful and that you enjoyed it! Have a wonderful day 🙂
Lisa G
What an amazing recipe! This turned out delicious and perfect with a cup of Coffee.
Natalie
Thank you Lisa! So glad you enjoyed it!
Carolyn
Absolutely Delicious! I followed the recipe & directions exactly (except accidently putting the cinnamon for the apples into the dry mixture… but, hey, you can never, ever have too much cinnamon!) Thank You for my tasty Official Snack of the 2026 Winter Olympics!
Natalie Ward
Haha aww this just made my day! Thanks so much for your feedback and kind words, Carolyn! I’m honored this was your official Olympics treat! hehe