Caramel Apple Crumb Bread

Recently we had taken the kids to the apple orchard. We normally make a pie with the apples but we were going out of town and I didn’t want to make something that would take days to eat so I decided to try something new!  I love caramel and wanted to incorporate that into an apple crumb bread.  Apples + caramel = fall perfection. This bread is so yummy and best eaten with a spoon…and maybe a scoop of vanilla ice cream!

Caramel Apple Crumb Bread

Ingredients:

1 c. unsalted butter, room temp

3/4 c. brown sugar

1/4 c. apple sauce

1 T lemon juice

1 t baking soda

2 eggs

2 t. vanilla extract

2 c. flour

1/4 t salt

2 c coarsely chopped apples (I used granny smith)

caramel sundae sauce

Crumb Topping:

1 T cinnamon

4 T brown sugar

4 T flour

4 T butter (cold)

-preheat oven to 375, spray a large loaf pan with non-stick spray

-Cream the butter and sugar in a stand mixer until smooth

-In a small bowl, mix the lemon juice and baking soda. Don’t worry- it will fizzle up!

see? lots of bubbles! Don’t worry 🙂

– In the mixer, add in the lemon juice mix, eggs and vanilla; stir well.  Add in the flour and salt until well combined. Stir in the apples by hand.

-In another small bowl, mix the topping ingredients together.

-Spread half the batter in the loaf pan and sprinkle half the topping mix on top. Squeeze some caramel sauce on top in a cross hatch pattern. Create a second layer on top by layering the rest of the batter, the remaining topping and another layer of caramel sauce.

-Bake for 1 hour, let cool before serving.

This bread is so yummy and not too sweet! My kids ate it right up! I definitely will be adding it into my fall baking repertoire. What’s your favorite apple dessert?