Vegan Apple Bread

This Easy and Quick Vegan Apple Bread Recipe is absolutely mouthwatering. It's healthy, vegan, gluten-free friendly and no one will ever guess! You only need a handful of simple and wholesome ingredients like oats, applesauce, and cinnamon. And, the result is a fluffy, tender, and pillowy soft of cinnamon spiced apple bread that everyone in your home will love. Option to top this delicious bread with vegan cinnamon cream frosting to make it an extra special treat.

Ingredients

• Apple Sauce: To give this healthy apple bread recipe a delicious apple flavor, we use unsweetened apple sauce.
• Butter: To keep this recipe vegan, we use vegan butter. If you are not vegan or dairy-free, feel free to use regular butter in this recipe.
• Vanilla: Vanilla pairs perfectly with the apple cinnamon flavors of this recipe.
• Maple Syrup: Maple syrup is how we naturally sweeten this delicious vegan apple bread recipe.
• Milk: To keep this recipe dairy-free, we use almond or oat milk.
• Baking Powder and Baking Soda: Gives us that fluffy bread texture.
• Cinnamon: Apples and cinnamon are a match made in heaven!
• Oats and Oat Flour: Are naturally gluten-free and healthier alternatives to flour. In this recipe, we use quick oats and oat flour. If you don't have quick oats, feel free to pulse regular old fashioned oats in a food processor to break them down a bit.

How to Make Vegan Apple Bread

This easy vegan apple bread recipe is so simple.

Step 1: Start by preheating the oven and greasing a metal loaf pan.

Step 2: Mix the wet ingredients. Then, add the baking powder, baking soda, and spices. Mix well. Add the oats and oat flour and then mix until a apple bread recipe forms (this will be similar to banana bread texture).

Step 3: Pour the batter into the loaf pan. Bake and then allow it to cool completely before serving.

Serving Options

You can enjoy this delicious and healthy vegan and gluten-free apple bread recipe several ways. The first option is to enjoy it plain and unfrosted. Don't let the word "plain" fool you, it's delicious on its own. Another option is after transferring the apple bread batter into the loaf pan, line the top of the batter with granny smith (more tart flavor) or honey-crisp (more sweet flavor) apple slices and bake.

Either of these serving options are delicious on their own or served warm with a little vegan butter on top.

Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

For a sweeter treat, turn this vegan and gluten-free apple bread into an apple cake by adding cinnamon cream cheese frosting on top. Here's what you'll need:

• Cream Cheese: I used vegan cream cheese to keep this recipe vegan and dairy-free. Regular cream cheese will work if you aren't vegan or dairy-free.
• Butter: Use vegan butter to make this cream cheese frosting perfectly creamy.
• Powdered Sugar: Powdered sugar sweetens the cream cheese icing.
• Cinnamon: For an extra apple spice

The Best Apples To Use for Apple Bread

This is an easy and quick apple bread recipe, so we use store-bought unsweetened applesauce. If I were making apple sauce for this recipe from scratch, I would use honey-crisp for a sweeter applesauce or granny smith apples for a more tart applesauce.

How To Freeze Apple Bread

Bake the apple bread until it's completely cooked and you can insert a toothpick and it will come out clean. Then, allow the vegan apple bread to cool completely. Once it's cool, wrap it in plastic wrap and freeze for 60-90 days.

Tips For The Best Apple Bread

• Mixing: Be careful not to over-mix your batter. Over-mixing can lead to bread becoming overly dense.
• Baking Dishes: Use a metal baking dish. Metal conducts heat more evenly than glass or ceramic. I recommend a 9x5 inch loaf pan. If you don't have a loaf pan, you can also use a round or square metal cake pan. If using a round or square cake pan, bake for 25-30 minutes as opposed to the full 30-40 minutes.
• Baking: Don't over-bake this apple bread recipe or it will become hard. You will know it's done when you can insert a toothpick into the center and it comes out clean.
• Serving: If you are serving your apple bread warm, I recommend spreading a little vegan butter on top. It's heavenly!

Frequently Asked Questions

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Apple Bread Recipe

Jillian Glenn

This vegan apple bread is divine! It's super moist, soft and perfectly fluffy! It's made with oats, oat flour, and sweetened with maple syrup - making it naturally gluten free and better-for-you! Option to serve the bread as is, spread with vegan butter, or top with some of my famous cinnamon vegan cream cheese icing. Either way, you will have a vegan breakfast or dessert that everyone in your home will fall in love with!

5 from 7 votes

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 35 minutes mins

Total Time 40 minutes mins

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Servings 12 slices

Calories 287 kcal

Ingredients

  

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Gluten Free Vegan Apple Bread

• 1 cup unsweetened apple sauce
• ½ cup melted vegan butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ¾ cup maple syrup
• ½ cup unsweetened almond or oat milk
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ cup quick oats
• 2 ¼ cup oat flour

Cinnamon Cream Cheese Icing

• 2 oz vegan cream cheese
• 2 tablespoon softened vegan butter
• ¾ cup powdered sugar
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Mix together the apple sauce, butter, vanilla, maple syrup, and oat or almond milk. Add baking powder, cinnamon, and baking soda. Mix.
• Add the oats and the oat flour and mix until combined. Pour the batter into a 9x5 loaf pan that has been sprayed with baking spray. Option to top with apple slices or skip if topping with the cinnamon cream cheese frosting.
• Bake for about 30-40 minutes (depending on the type of loaf pan you use and the temp. of your oven)
• To make sure it's done, do a tooth pick test. Serve immediately topped with cinnamon cream cheese icing!

Notes

To freeze: Allow the vegan apple bread to cool completely. Once it's cool, wrap it in plastic wrap and freeze for 60-90 days.

Nutrition

Serving: 1sliceCalories: 287kcalCarbohydrates: 42gProtein: 4gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gSodium: 222mgPotassium: 165mgFiber: 3gSugar: 22gVitamin A: 387IUVitamin C: 0.2mgCalcium: 96mgIron: 1mg

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