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Apple Walnut Flax Seed Bread

March 25, 2010 by Joy the Baker 140 Comments

Apple Walnut Flax Seed Bread

I made y’all some bread.

Apple Walnut Flax Seed 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.

Apple Walnut Flax Seed Bread

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?

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Quick note:  I only needed two apples for this loaf.  The third apple I ate with my face.

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Ingredients.  Essential.

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Apples.  Walnuts.  Flax Seeds.

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Sugar topping gets crusty and extra yummy when baked.  For serious.

Apple Walnut Flax Seed Bread

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

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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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  1. Estela @ Weekly Bite

    March 26, 2010 at 4:59 am

    This bread looks right up my alley!! Delicious!

    Reply
  2. Beth @ 990 Square

    March 26, 2010 at 4:52 am

    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!

    Reply
  3. Susan

    March 26, 2010 at 4:44 am

    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!!

    Reply
  4. Julie @ Willow Bird Baking

    March 26, 2010 at 4:15 am

    Yum!!! Looks hearty and amazing.

    Reply
  5. Jessica @ How Sweet It Is

    March 26, 2010 at 3:37 am

    Looks wonderful! I love flax in my bread – gives such a wonderful flavor.

    Reply
  6. Michelle @ H.E.R.

    March 26, 2010 at 3:05 am

    looks tasty, we’ll probably give it a try!

    Reply
  7. Silvia

    March 26, 2010 at 1:55 am

    Looks yummy indeed, but I have to say I’m getting curious to see your new kitchen, please please please…
    XXX

    Reply
  8. Ethan @ tastesbetterwithfriends.wordpress.com

    March 26, 2010 at 1:51 am

    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?

    Reply
    • Leah

      March 26, 2010 at 11:22 am

      Chocolate milk for breakfast! Why have I never thought of that? :)

      Reply
  9. Petit Filoux

    March 26, 2010 at 1:49 am

    Hmmm looks delicious!!

    Reply
  10. Sasa

    March 26, 2010 at 1:32 am

    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.

    Reply
  11. Shannon @ bakeandbloom.com

    March 25, 2010 at 11:56 pm

    kitchen shy (code for, I haven’t washed the dishes since I moved in?)

    Reply
    • joythebaker

      March 25, 2010 at 11:58 pm

      pretty much. :)

      Reply
  12. Shannon @ bakeandbloom.com

    March 25, 2010 at 11:50 pm

    btw Joy, the new countertops look nice, yet to see proper kitchen photos though.

    Reply
    • joythebaker

      March 25, 2010 at 11:53 pm

      i’m kitchen shy.

      Reply
  13. The MuffinTin Post

    March 25, 2010 at 11:41 pm

    Oh, I think you accidentally left the flax seed off the ingredient list (unless I’m just not seeing it, which is entirely possible).

    Reply
    • joythebaker

      March 25, 2010 at 11:45 pm

      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!

      Reply
  14. The MuffinTin Post

    March 25, 2010 at 11:39 pm

    I’ve been looking for a good flax seed recipe. Now I know what to start with!

    Reply
    • Chris Smith

      March 26, 2010 at 11:47 am

      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.

      Reply
      • Karolyn

        March 27, 2010 at 4:38 pm

        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.

        Reply
  15. Shannon @ bakeandbloom.com

    March 25, 2010 at 11:37 pm

    PHwaaaarrr. that-looks-yummy :)
    I want to sniff it, I want to eat it.

    Reply
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