Greek Yogurt Apple Pie Bread

This is truly one of the easiest breads to make.  I have shared a few other recipes (under Breads category) using greek yogurt.  I made this one yesterday and it was gone in less than 10 minutes.  It may look similar to a cinnamon roll but this is a bread so a bit less sweet and more dense.

You can see how I made it on my Facebook page here:  Greek Yogurt Apple Pie Bread

Strawberry Greek Yogurt Bread

Sweet and delicious!  3 ingredients and you have a scrumptious bread!

You can find more pictures and the recipe on my facebook page here:  Strawberry Greek Yogurt Bread

Zucchini Bread (or Apple Bread)

The house smells so good when you make fresh zucchini bread.  You can also make this as apple bread.  It’s a great treat for breakfast on the go, dessert in a lunchbox or after dinner, or a quick snack.

You can see the recipe I posted today on my facebook page here:  Zucchini Bread

Apple Cinnamon Loaf

With apples in season so many places this is a great bread to make and freeze.  It’s great as a warm dessert, snack and even for breakfast.  I make small loaves and give them away as gifts during Thanksgiving.

You can find the recipe under the “Sweet Breads” category on my blog or on my facebook page here:  Apple Cinnamon Loaf

Apple Cinnamon Loaf

So this weekend my son is in the Bauer Hockey Tournament in Canada.  It’s close enough to us that we can commute back and forth to the games so we don’t have to rope someone into staying and caring for the animals.  On top of the tournament our daughter starts her first games of softball tonight and I am hosting the uniform exchange at our school where people can pick up and drop off gently used uniforms rather than buying new all the time.

If you know hockey you know most games are early mornings.  With that in mind and knowing my son (who like his mother) just can’t eat first thing in the morning, I decided to whip up a couple loaves of our Apple Cinnamon bread.  It’s easy to slice and wrap for him to eat in the car on the way to a game and an extra slice for the ride home.  This along with an orange juice should give him the energy to get that PUCK IN THE NET!!!! (who am I kidding that kid will not drink orange juice it’s chocolate milk or nothing in the morning).  But either way, I still hope he gets some goals!!

This is a simple recipe and I make many versions during apple season and freeze them (such as wheat flour, agave in place of sugar, applesauce etc).  I will post those when I make them.  But for these I followed my friends original recipe as follows:

There is no wrong way to do this.  It always comes out perfect!!

Apple Cinnamon Loaf
1/3 cup brown sugar (not packed)
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2/3 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup milk (I used rice milk just because I had it open)
1 apple, peeled and chopped (I used fuji apples)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan. Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together in a bowl and set aside. Beat white sugar and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, until incorporated; add vanilla extract.

Combine flour and baking powder together in another bowl; stir into creamed butter mixture. Mix milk into batter until smooth. Pour half the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Next add half the apples and half the brown sugar cinnamon mixture. Lightly pat apple mixture into batter.

Pour the remaining batter over apple layer; top with remaining apples and add more brown sugar/cinnamon mixture. Lightly pat apples into batter; swirl brown sugar mixture through apples using a finger or spoon.

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes.

Yes, I made 2 loaves instead of one so we could eat some this morning and they can have it tonight with ice cream for dessert!!