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.
Neha
Hi Joy,
Thanks for the recipe!
One question, though. Isn’t it supposed to be well nigh useless to use whole flax seed?
Thanks!
Neha
Andrea
I’ve been dying to make this recipe since you posted it, so I went and picked up everything today to do just that! Sadly for me, I didn’t have quite enough cinnamon and was completely out of nutmeg (guess I should work on that shopping list skill). So I substituted a dash of allspice for the nutmeg. It tastes amazing all the same! My roommate is seriously looking forward to having it toasted for breakfast.
Nancy
Hi Joy,
I made this bread over the weekend. Yum! Next time I tink I will add shredded carrots as well.
Thanks for the great recipes and fun blog.
Nancy
Megan
1. This looks like a snack I could feel good about.
2. You are one darn good bread slicer! All the same size and everything.
3. You’re just the best, Joy. Thanks for being that!
Food Hunter
Looks yummy and sounds healthy…I’ll try it!
Jennifer
This was so good!!! A nice change of pace from the usual banana bread in our household.
Question: because of the apples, is it still OK to keep the bread just wrapped up tightly on the counter, or do I need to refrigerate it?
Michelle L
I made this tonight, and it’s a new favorite from your site!
Andi
This looks great. I’m going to make a few loaves and freeze them. I always eat my breakfast in the car :( and this is a perfect and healthy on the go breakfast. Thanks!
Annika
This is so good!
Thank you so much! I am in love with it and consider not to share with anybody else!
Melissa
Your blog and this recipe cheered me up so much while lying low with flu that, in spite of the aching body, I just had to make this bread. The smell of cinnamon, nutmeg, apples & pecan nuts (all I had in the house) cheered me up no end. And it’s so easy to make. Thank you for sharing it!
Jasmine
I made this bread yesterday and served it to some friends today. It went down really, really well and no one would have guessed that it had whole wheat flour in it. I used green apples cos that’s what I had and also white whole wheat flour.Thanks for posting this great recipe!
Deanna
I will have to try this! And being from Oregon, well I am sure it will fit right in with our morning routine :)