I made y’all some bread.
Some big, fat, in your face, whole wheat apple bread. It’s the kind of bread that will kick your morning coffee in the face… with love and respect.
I like to do things with love and respect… even if it’s yelling at the Los Angeles traffic gods… or channeling my snarky side while on the phone with the IRS. If I say it’s done with love and respect… totally ok, right?
I love when sweet treats are also filled with things like whole wheat, and walnuts and flax seeds. It’s full of health, despite the butter and sugar. This bread is tastes like home… if your home were in, say… rural Oregon.
I like the combination of grated and coarsely chopped apples in this recipe. You get all the flavor and moisture of the apples combined with big ol’ chunks too. Delightful. Walnuts are great in this recipe and flax seeds add all kinds of health. If you don’t happen to have flax seeds on hand. No worries. You can leave them out.
Make this bread. It has cinnamon and apples in it. Really… that’s all you need to know, right?
Quick note: I only needed two apples for this loaf. The third apple I ate with my face.
Ingredients. Essential.
Apples. Walnuts. Flax Seeds.
Sugar topping gets crusty and extra yummy when baked. For serious.
This is the part that includes your face. Insert bread into face.
Oh! One more thing… if you like crazy healthy breakfast treats, you might also enjoy these Gnarley Muffins. I posted this waaaay back in the day when I had only been at this whole blogging thing for a month. The pictures? Pretty bad.
Apple Walnut Flax Seed Bread
makes one 9×5-inch loaf
1 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
generous pinch freshly ground nutmeg
2/3 cup buttermilk (if you don’t have buttermilk, try these substitutions)
1/3 cup unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup grated apples
1/2 cup coarsely chopped apples
1 tablespoon flax seeds
3/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts, divided
cinnamon and sugar for sprinkling
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease and flour a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan and set aside.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flours, sugar, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg.
In a small bowl, whisk together buttermilk, eggs, melted butter and vanilla extract.
Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Add the grated apples, chopped apples flax seeds and half of the chopped walnuts. Fold to incorporate thoroughly.
Spoon batter into prepared pan and top with granulated sugar, cinnamon and the rest of the walnuts.
Bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean.
Let cool in the pan for 15 minutes then invert onto a cooling rack to cool before wrapping.
Serve slightly toasted with butter. Yumtastic.
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PHwaaaarrr. that-looks-yummy :)
I want to sniff it, I want to eat it.
I’ve been looking for a good flax seed recipe. Now I know what to start with!
I have always heard that you need to grind flax seeds to get any benefit from them. I would give them a quick run in a coffee grinder or food processor.
This is true. i’m a registered nurse, so not to be vulgar, but you literally send the seeds out the other end when you eat them whole. Grind them or you won’t get any benefit but some roughage! This is one of my “flax” pet peeves.
Oh, I think you accidentally left the flax seed off the ingredient list (unless I’m just not seeing it, which is entirely possible).
ha! nope. that was all me. lemme tell you. i looked at that recipe for ten minutes straight this morning. i couldn’t… for the life of me… figure out what was missing! thank you!
btw Joy, the new countertops look nice, yet to see proper kitchen photos though.
i’m kitchen shy.
kitchen shy (code for, I haven’t washed the dishes since I moved in?)
pretty much. :)
Totally love the health aspect since it’s not long to swimsuit season. After all butter and sugar get neutralised in the presence of nuts and wholegrains, my mum told me so it must be true.
Hmmm looks delicious!!
That looks great and I know this is sacrilege but what if I don’t drink coffee? Will the bread kick my tea or chocolate milk in the face?
On a serious note, what kind of apples did you use for the making of the bread and the eating with the face?
Chocolate milk for breakfast! Why have I never thought of that? :)
Looks yummy indeed, but I have to say I’m getting curious to see your new kitchen, please please please…
XXX
looks tasty, we’ll probably give it a try!
Looks wonderful! I love flax in my bread – gives such a wonderful flavor.
Yum!!! Looks hearty and amazing.
This looks so good! I think i wont’ mention the flax seed when I serve it to my kids. God forbid they eat anything healthy!!
I wonder if this bread would be enough to hide the flax seeds from my husband. He claims they make him “cough” when he eats them on cereal or in oatmeal. He has a strong aversion to healthy. I might just have to try this!
This bread looks right up my alley!! Delicious!
This bread looks amazing! Can’t wait to try the recipe.
Thank you for giving us the specifics in the directions. “Insert bread into face.” I always knew I was missing something in the other recipes.
Such a beautiful and nutritious bread!
I would love to make this, it sounds really delicious! :)
I read this post on google reader on my phone, while on the bus on my way to do grocery shopping (that’s an awkwardly long sentence). i was so excited to make this, that i ended up buying the ingredients i needed right there. it’s now cooling in my kitchen :)
haven’t tasted it yet, but it looks fantastic.
This looks so comforting and delicious! With a hot cup of coffee, this might just brighten up the rainy Saturday morning we have been promised!
i wish i was having this for breakfast right now!
Looks yummy!! In my opinion, the phrases “with love and respect” as well as “no offense, but…” free you from any repercussions from what follows. That’s the way it is.
I love this post.
“This is the part that includes your face.”
How awesome is that? You rock :P
This sounds delicious. My grandpa has, like, three bags of flax seeds in his pantry. I should make this next time I visit him. Thanks for the recipe!
I LOVE LOVE LUUURVE all of your bread recipes. I’ll add this to my list of favorites: Vegan Pumpkin Spice Bread, Sweet Potato Zucchini Bread, Banana Bread etc… I want more.
I might have died and gone to heaven. I <3 apple walnut anything! Plus this bread looks like it would fall in love with any cup of tea or coffee I have :)
Joy, I love your blog for two reasons.
1) Your photos are beautiful.
2) The way you write makes me chuckle. I can see your personality in every word. You are a cool chick. =D
I also cannot wait to make this bread. Anything with apples and sugar makes me happy.
I completely agree! She is cool!
Um…yum! I love the combination of apple and walnut….
Joy,
This bread looks fantastic and I plan on making it tonight when I get home. Thanks for all of your wonderful recipes, pictures and entertaining posts you are a blogging goddess.
Much love,
Jamie
I like your towel/napkin. So cheerful. :D Adding whole wheat to quick breads is awesome. I love the large chunks of walnuts & the sound of the crunchy topping. I think I need to make this.
This is the perfect loaf to make with our extra apples this weekend! And I can convince my grandmother that it’s totally unhealthy while sneaking the nutrients through the back door into the batter.
I love your blog – it makes me so hungry. I actually love it so much that I have nominated you for an award. http://wp.me/pNHSk-2z – for more information on it. Keep up the good work – you inspire me to bake!
With respect, this looks fantastic Joy!! I am so adding this to my “to do” list. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful recipe!
Ooooh, yummy! I love cinnamon bread, and with apples and flax I can say it’s healthy!
This bread looks like pure comfort food! I wish I had it with my coffee right now!! Love the idea of using grated and chopped apples!!! Yuuummmmm I want this!!
Oooh and I just remembered that there’s a sprinkling of cinnamon sugar on top! Even better!!
Joy! This looks lovely! I don’t like walnuts, could I make it with pecans??
Including grated apple and apple chunks is a brilliant idea! I love the walnut topping too. Flax seeds are such a nice addition to breakfast goods, I sneak them in all the time.
Oh yummy! I love apples and I love walnuts. Why do you always make things I adore? I like you. :)
That looks really yummy! Too bad I can’t have it right now, I just got my wisdom teeth out. :(
I must investigate this and my running friends will hate me for it…Being a baker myself I love to mix and match, would it be possible to take out half the buttermilk and replace with mashed banana??
do it!!
Looks awesome and sounds super healthy! Stuff bread into face? will do.
I love eating with my face! :-)
I’ve read that it’s a bit hard for our bodies to digest all of the great nutrition in whole flax seeds, so it’s better to grind them first in a food processor or blender. Either way, I’m making this bread this weekend!!
thanks for the tip. i’ll do that for sure.
that looks wonderful. i haven’t used flax seeds much – what do they taste like? i was also thinking about adding some wheat germ in for a little bit of extra nutrition boost and some nutty/earthiness. how do you think that would work? wonder if i should take some of the flour out then ….
Oh this looks soooo good!! The crust looks amazing, delicious and downright sinful. I am making this one this weekend for sure. The weather will be a little cooler here and this will smell wonderful cooking as it warms up the house. I can taste it now with a cup of coffee as I sit having that peaceful moment.
YUM! I was going to bake something as a little thank-you gift for someone this weekend…now I know what to make! I LOVE apples and walnuts together, great recipe!
That bread looks so delicious… I really love fruit and nut breads.
This looks amazing! And healthy….so I’ll be making up a batch this weekend.
I am going to have to make this soon! I live in a big city now, but I grew up in rural Oregon. Something to remind me of home! Thanks :)
Oh Joy! I coudln’t even wait! This delicious treat is baking in my oven as I speak! I can’t wait for breakfast tomorrow so I can smother it with butter and have it with my coffee :) Helllooooo Saturday! :)
I think I’m gaining weight because of your blog!
I am dreaming of all things baked-CONSTANTLY!!!
This looks so good. I love to see some heathly ingredients in my baked goods. Doesn’t make me feel so bad about chowing down. :)
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