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.
VaMom
Made this today and it was awesome! Made a couple changes to make it as healthy as possible….used 1 c. whole wheat flour and 3/4 c. all purpose flour (instead of the other way around), used sugar free “brown sugar” (Ideal Brown), used Egg Beaters (1/2 c.) in place of eggs, used unsweetened Almond Breeze w/lemon juice in place of buttermilk, and a heaping tbsp of ground flax ….made a gorgeous loaf, didn’t sink in the middle, made the house smell amazing, and tasted great! Can’t wait for breakfast!! Thanks for this recipe!
Tricia
SO so good!! After a short mishap with the downtime on the site I made this beautiful loaf and impressed everyone I know by making them like flax seeds! Thanks for the consistently outstanding recipes!
Denise
I made this bread tonight and it so yummy! Thanks for the great recipe and pictures too!
The great 16 year old "baker"
OMG! THIS BREAD WAS TO DIE FOR!!
MY WHOLE FAMILY DEVOURED IT, 5 MINUTES AFTER IT WAS OUT OF THE OVEN.
i dont think you get to call this cake healthy though,
because stuffing your face with the entire thing may be not dietetic!
betty
this looks great i am making it this weekend :O)
Beth
Oh yum, I made this today! https://tinyurl.com/y6nuzls
It’s so moist and yummy…I might have to make another loaf soon. Except I’m out of walnuts, darn. And pecans.
You know what I changed? I ground up the apple peel and tossed it into the batter! I hate wasting it, and think of all those nutrients in the skin!
Tracey
I have made this recipe 3 times since it was posted and LOVE it! I have made it with flax seed and flax meal and both ways are great. I even made it for an Easter brunch and it was a great addition. I like that my whole family enjoys this and it is a satisfying breakfast on a busy school morning. Thanks so much for the recipe.
Julia
Wow, that apple pie looks amazing
Linda T. from NJ
I made this bread for dessert on Easter and it did not disappoint! It was delcious and a nice change from too sweet too sugary desserts. It was perfect with a cup of coffee. Better too the next day! I didn’t have flax seeds but had flax seed meal and switched it out with perfect results. Loved the walnut topping with sugar and cinnamon … it was just enough. Thanks for sharing!
joythebaker
sounds superb!
Gloria Kim
Hi joy!
I was a little confused because under your picture of the apples you said you used two for the bread, but in the ingredients you put “1/2 cup apples” so I wasn’t sure how much to add! Also, my loaf came out a bit crumbly, do you have any advice on how to make it less crumbly? :)
Thanks for sharing~!
Lyndsey
SO Yummy!
Ever since I found your website I have been cooking up a storm!!
Thanks so much!