Apple Cider Bread
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This Healthy Apple Cider Bread is a delicious fall treat! Gluten free and sweetened only with honey – it’s the perfect fall snack! This post is sponsored by North Coast.
This post was originally shared in October of 2018 but has since been updated.
If you want to indulge in a fun fall treat that isn’t full of sugar, this Apple Cider Bread is for you!
Made with fresh apple cider and apple pieces – it’s deliciously sweet and super easy to make! Perfect for making after apple picking.
We go apple picking every single year, and always have!
My mom used to always make us baked apples or apple crisp, but had she made something like this healthy apple cider bread, I know I wouldn’t have been disappointed!
One of the main reasons I love fall is because of ALL things apple. If you feel the same way – these are some of my favorite apple recipes: Apple Oatmeal, Instant Pot Applesauce, Healthy Apple Muffins, Baked Apples.
Liz’s tips for apple cider bread
- Use a toothpick to test if the bread is done when your timer goes off. Insert a toothpick into the center and slowly pull it out. If it’s clean, then your bread is done! If there is some batter sticking to it, the bread needs a bit more time.
- Make applesauce with leftover apples or buy some from the store!
- Making homemade oat flour is very easy as well; just take some old fashioned oats and pulse them in a food processor or blender.
Ingredients
A good vegetable peeler and an 8×4 baking pan will also be necessary.
Substitutions
Oat flour: It’s easy to make homemade oat flour, but we do love bobs red mill oat flour too.
Fruit- You can use chopped pears, peaches, or even berries for the apples in this recipe. All will be delicious.
Applesauce– Store bought works, but homemade applesauce is very easy to make! You can swap pumpkin puree for applesauce in the recipe to make a pumpkin apple cider bread.
Cider – You can swap apple juice for apple cider if you don’t have it on hand.
Spices – If you don’t have nutmeg, it’s ok to skip it. Try adding in a tiny pinch of cloves, pumpkin pie spice, or allspice.
Oil– Olive oil or avocado oil will work in place of coconut oil.
Gluten Free: Make sure to use gluten free oat flour in this recipe or try this Gluten Free Apple Cake!
Even if you don’t live by an apple orchard, you can get the best apple cider from North Coast!
Their Apple Cider tastes just like the one I used to get fresh from the farm.. and that’s because it actually comes from a farm!
North Coast sources their fruit only from organic farmers who just use water to grow their fruit.
All of their apple products are certified organic, non GMO, and made without any added sugars or preservatives. Plus, they all taste DELICIOUS!
How to make Apple Cider Bread:
- In a large bowl, stir together all ingredients until combined.
- Pour mixture into a greased 8×4 loaf pan, and bake!
After a little under an hour in the oven, you’ll have warm, delicious apple cider bread. And your house is going to basically smell like fall apple cider donuts from the orchard!
What kind of apples are best for baking?
Any apple will work for baking, but different apples have different tastes.
If you prefer sweeter apples, Cortland or Fuji are a good choice. For a more tart applesauce Braeburn, McIntosh are a better choice.
This post lists all of the different apples and flavors they bring to a dish.
There’s really no ‘wrong’ apple to use – when you bake them they become softer, sweeter + sooo delicious!
Storage Options
Storing Apple Cider Bread: You can store this bread covered on your counter for a few days, but I recommend keeping it in the refrigerator for maximum freshness! It will last up to a week in the refrigerator – but will lose its freshness after about 3 days on the counter. You can wrap this in plastic wrap or store it in an airtight container.
How to freeze Apple Cider Bread: You can slice this bread and individually wrap it or freeze it whole. To defrost a whole loaf – take it out the night before you’d like to enjoy it and set it in the refrigerator.
When you’re ready to serve – pop in the microwave. If you’re defrosting a single slice, you can put it directly in the microwave or toaster oven until it is warm.
We hope you love this apple cider bread as much as we do. It’s so cozy, and great when served with a Healthy Pumpkin Spice Latte or one of these delicious healthy apple recipes.
Other healthy apple recipes:
Apple Cider Bread
Ingredients
- 2 cups oat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 cup coconut oil melted + cooled
- 1 egg
- 1 egg white
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup honey
- ¾ cup applesauce
- 3/4 cup North Coast Apple Cider
- 1 cup apples peeled + diced. Honeycrisp or Braeburn work best
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 and prepare a greased 8×4 loaf pan.
- In a bowl, mix together oat flour, baking powder, baking soda, and spices. In a separate bowl, whisk together coconut oil, egg, egg whites, vanilla extract, honey, and North Coast Applesauce + Cider.
- Combine wet and dry ingredients until smooth. Slowly fold in apple pieces with a spatula.
- Pour your batter into a greased pan. Bake for 45 minutes or until the top starts to brown. To test if it's done, you can take a toothpick and insert this into the center. If you remove it and there isn't much sticking to it then it's done!
- Allow 30 minutes to cool. Slice + enjoy!
Fantastic bread! I used orange juice because I didn’t have apple juice or cider and it tastes delicious. I used a little less honey because I figured the OJ would bring enough sweetness. The texture of the bread came out perfectly! Thank you!
So glad you liked it, thank you!
Just had my first slice and it was delicious. I used maple syrup instead of honey. I also used a trick from a different apple bread recipe and reduced about a cup and a half of cider down to the required amount, to concentrate the flavor. You can do that by letting it gently boil for about 20 min. I recognize that increase the sugar concentration so I only used a splash of maple syrup.
Oh that sounds delicious!! Yum!
This bread is ADDICTIVE. I had to modify the recipe because I have heart disease. I swapped the coconut oil for olive oil and I don’t use egg. I added a teaspoon of cinnamon and I upped the ginger to a teaspoon. I also added pecans. It’s SOOO good. Delicious. I have stop myself from eating it all day every day.
Thank you for this recipe.
Loved this recipe!!
So glad you liked it!
Can’t wait to make this recipe! Can I substitute something in place of the Coconut Oil? Thanks!
Hi Karen – Yes you can. Check out all the substitutions noted in the post. Olive oil or avocado oil will work in place of coconut oil!
I would LOVE to try this but I’m doing paleo, can I sub the oat flour for almond flour? It looks so tasty!
Hi Sarah – No you can’t substitue with almond flour- sorry! It definitely will not work as almond flour is much more dense and heavy than oat flour. I don’t know how to make this bread paleo, paleo baking is really difficult. Wish I could help more!
Try using Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 baking flour. Another option would be trying 1/2 Oat flour and 1/2 Almond Flour. Best of luck to you.
They didn’t say they were gluten free they said they were paleo. Gluten free flour isn’t usually paleo and half oat half almond still isn’t gonna work if they can’t have grains lol. It’s nice you are trying to help but it appears you didn’t really understand their comment. To the person who said they are paleo, there are a ton of paleo apple loaf recipes out there. If you are really bent on using this one try using an actual paleo all purpose baking flour. I’m sure it would probably work. The problem with subbing almond for oat is that like the creator said it’s much denser much it also doesn’t bind very well and requires ALOT more eggs to stick together. Either that or you need to combine it with other flours. Paleo recipes are usually specifically designed for these flours. Oat flour functions a lot more like wheat flour than paleo flours so that’s why you can usually use it as a sub pretty easily. Good luck!
Shared to FB. I’ll definitely be trying this. ??
Awesome! I hope you love it, Elin!
Made this recipe tonight. Did not have oat flour so subbed whole grain flour. Also made mini muffins because well…kids!
They were huge hit with whole family. Not too sweet but simply delish!
So glad you and your family liked the recipe, Beth! Love that you turned them it into mini muffins 🙂