Ingredients (12 slices):
750 g tart apples
250 g dried apricots
60 ml dark rum
150 g chopped nuts (e.g., hazelnuts and walnuts)
75 g sugar
1 tbsp cocoa powder
1½ tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground nutmeg
½ tsp ground cardamom
½ tsp ground cloves
½ tsp allspice
500 g flour
a little flour
1 packet baking powder
1 egg yolk
50 g almond flakes
Preparation:
1. Peel the apples, cut them in half, remove the cores, and coarsely grate. Cut the apricots into cubes. In a large bowl, mix the apples, apricots, rum, nuts, sugar, cocoa, and spices. Cover with cling film or place in an airtight container and leave for at least 8 hours, preferably overnight.
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2. Mix the flour with the baking powder. Add the apple and apricot mixture and knead until a smooth dough forms. If needed, add enough flour so the dough no longer sticks.
With damp hands, shape into 2 elongated loaves. Place them on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
3. Beat the egg yolk with 1 tbsp water. Brush the loaves with the mixture and sprinkle with almond flakes. Bake in an oven preheated to 175 °C (with fan – 150 °C) for 55–60 minutes.
4. Remove the apple bread from the oven and let it cool completely on a wire rack. It goes perfectly with salted butter.
Rustic apple bread recipe
Especially in rural areas, apple bread is very popular in autumn. After harvesting apples, many fruits wait to be turned into apple pie, compote, or, as in this case, bread. Those with a particularly abundant apple harvest can, of course, increase the quantities of ingredients in the recipe and gift or freeze the baked loaves, as for many this apple bread is a true classic, especially at Christmas!
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Apple bread with nuts and spices
Besides tart apples – especially suitable varieties are „Boskop“, „Cox Orange“, „Elstar“, and „Jonagold“ – dried fruits are also added to apple bread. Instead of apricots, dried cranberries, plums, raisins, or a mix of various dried fruits can be used.
It also includes nuts – preferably walnuts or hazelnuts – and various aromatic spices. If the required spices are not available at home, a store-bought gingerbread or „Spekulatius“ cookie spice mix can be used. 500 g of flour is enough for about 2 teaspoons of spice mix.
How to bake vegan apple bread
The convenience is that the basic recipe is almost vegan already! To adapt it for vegans, you can simply omit the egg used to brush the apple bread.
True, the baked bread will not be as shiny, but its wonderful taste will not change. To keep the crust nicely crispy, you can slightly moisten the bread with water before baking.
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