Spiced Apple Ginger Bread
Really who can resist the aroma of apple, cinnamon and hot bread filling up the entire house? Even if the temperature is still climbing mid 80’s here in October, it is still officially fall:-D I am not complaining (well may be a little bit) about Texas, but I do miss the change of fall colors of the North East. We lived there for quite a few years. The crisp breeze, the floating colored leaves are a dream now. We used to live across the street of the Cheesequake State park, and the view from every window of our house was breathtaking during this time. We do have the photographs for consolation.
So when I saw the recipe for Spiced Apple Bread in Fun & Food By Mansi, I jumped and checked to see that I had all the stuffs I needed to bake this awesome bread. I did tweak the recipe a little bit, & adjusted the quantities of a few ingredients. I also added a lot of ginger (hence Spiced Apple Ginger Bread), and prunes too. Thanks to the original recipe I did not have to do much to have this great tasting bread.
This bread is baked for the 3rd World Bread Day Event.
Here is the Round Up.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups Whole Wheat Flour/All-purpose flour (I used Whole Wheat)
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1/4 cup milk
- 3-4 tablespoons ground flaxseed
- 1 eggs
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1.5 cups sweet apples – shredded or chopped finely
- 1/2 cup Prunes – chopped
- 6 tablespoons grated ginger
- 2 tablespoons orange peels roughly chopped
- 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds/Jeera
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup finely chopped Walnut/Pecans (optional)
Preparation:
Combine and set aside the oil, milk, eggs, ginger, sugar, and vanilla.
In another bowl, sift the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, Cumin Seeds, baking soda, and salt. Add dry ingredients to oil mixture gradually. Next add the apples, prunes, orange peels and nuts.
Grease one loaf pan, or line it with parchment paper. Pour the batter into the pan, and bake at 325 deg F for 70-80 mins.
Allow to cool for 10 minutes in the pan after switching off the oven, then let it cool completely on a wire rack.
Spiced Apple Ginger Loaf
I had some extra dough, just enough to make a few muffins.
Spiced Apple ginger Muffins
Note: I have used very little sugar, as I do not like my breads sweet. This will not taste like a “cake” , but more like bread with more texture and flavor of fruit and ginger. If you like it sweet, double the amount of sugar. And if you dislike the strong flavor of ginger, omit it or reduce the amount.(Well then it won’t be Apple Ginger Bread, just an Apple Loaf:-D )
Yummy n looks perfect for the event..nice entry..
yummy ! even I dont like my cakes to be ” sweety sweet “..I guess I gonna try with more of ginger. Should be interesting !
This looks great girl! and you added “Jeera’??? wow, that’s new:) and ginger is a lovely addition…
Thanks for trying out my recipe; now I know it works well for others too, and not just me!:)
An apple bread sounds good! I like hte use of the prunes as well.
I just love the ctumbly texture…..gorgeous
Priya, Mohana: Thanks.
Mansi : Thanx to u. And the Jeera is a weird combinaton right? For me I do not like the too sweet flavor, and in that small quantity, u cannot taste it, but it does break that sweeeeet flavor.
Kevin: An Apple Bread does sound great..it all happened becoz of Mansi.
Rachel: The cake was fluffy and “crumbly”, but did not fall apart as I thot it would. I used only 1 egg and substituted the other with flaxseed, and it was the first time i did that.
wow!they look perfecto! luved the recipe…
Perfect post on World bread day..Looks scrumptious..
irresistible, indeed! Wonderful pics, too.
Thx for your participation in WBD’08.
Such nice pictures! Bookmarked:)
I made adjustments to this recipe to suit my tastes, omitted the prunes and jeera, used 2 cups apples, added more cinnamon and nutmeg. I also baked in an 8 x 8 pan instead of loaf pan, cooked for 50 mins. Turned out delish!! The ginger has such a yummy “bite”, even lingering a little on the tongue! Not too sweet, just perfect! Thank you! Next I am going to try your cinnamon rolls! 🙂
The more spice the better, esp. for this festive season. I am glad that you adapted it to your taste and enjoyed!
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