Apple Buttermilk Loaves

Submitted by Annacia

"I just came across this old recipe. It's something that I know DH will really enjoy and I don't want to lose it."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 2 loaves

ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3⁄4 cup buttermilk
• 1 1⁄2 cups apples, pared, cored and finely chopped Rome Beautys
• 1⁄2 cup nuts
• 1 teaspoon grated orange peel

directions

1. Combine flour, baking powder, soda and salt, set aside.
2. Cream butter and sugars; beat in eggs one at a time and vanilla.
3. Stir in buttermilk alternately with flour mixture.
4. Fold in apples, nuts and orange peel.
5. Pour into two 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 5/8 - inch greased and floured loaf pans. Bake at 350 F- 50 to 60 minutes or until wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean.
6. Cool in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan and cool completely on wire rack. Wrap and let stand overnight to allow flavors to blend.
7. Makes two loaves.

Reviews

[WiGal]

Perfect for a crisp day! Moist sweet and love those chunks of apple in there. Made exactly as posted. Thank you Annacia for another great recipe!

 

[Melanie R.]

Rather boring recipe, as is. I amped it up by adding lots of cinnamon, a little Chinese Five Spice Powder, and additional chopped apples (approx another 1/2 cup). I also used 1 cup of white whole wheat flour in place of one of the cups of flour. And I cut way down on the sugar. I only used 1/2 cup each of white and brown sugar. I baked one loaf pan and then there was enough batter left over to make six muffins. The bread itself turned out a little dry, but that could've been because of my using the white whole wheat flour. Not sure if cutting down on the sugar had anything to do with the dryness.

 

[DailyInspiration]

Amazingly delicious quick bread. The buttermilk makes this bread so yummy along with those amazing apples. So glad there are two loaves as they will not last long in our house. We love coffee and this bread is a delicious accompaniment. Will definitely keep this recipe handy. Made for PRMR, January, 2013.

 

[Diana C.]

I was originally looking for a poundcake recipe, and, essentially, that's what this turned into. I didn't have a loaf pan, so instead I put it in a bundt pan. Further, my pecans weren't very fresh (would have thrown off the flavor), so I simply omitted the pecans and replaced with an add'l 1 1/2 cups of apples. Wonderful and moist!

 

[CoffeeB]

What a great fall-time treat. I made this to bring in to work today for a meeting with all the busdrivers. It went over in a huge way and in fact both loaves were gone w/in 15 minutes. The taste of this bread was actually better the day after baking. I opted out of the nuts and orange peel, but added a full t. of cinnamon and 2 cups of apples. Very moist. I will definitely be making this bread again this fall. :-) Made for Veg-n-Swap.~