I love sweet breads. And I love savory breads. But I especially love sweet and savory breads!
So of course I wanted to give this new recipe a try. I ran across it online last week, and realized I actually had all of the ingredients on hand to give it a try. So even though I was a little doubtful about how well the ingredients would taste together, I pulled out my food processor and mixer and gave it a go.
Within an hour, my house smelled amazing and I had a remarkably beautiful (loved the flecks of apple and sage!), moist, and delicious loaf of bread ready to go. I know some may not be as big of fans of sweet+savory, but I ended up loving the flavor. You could definitely taste each of the ingredients — the apples, cheddar, sage, all sweetened with some brown sugar — but I thought they made a great combination. And with the food processor’s super-speedy help in grating the apples, it ended up being fast and easy too!
So if you’re looking for a new bread to enjoy this season, give this one a try!
Apple Cheddar Bread
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- ½ tsp. kosher salt
- 8 Tbsp. butter, room temperature
- ¼ cup light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs, room temperature & fork beaten
- 2 cups apples (any favorite), unpeeled & finely shredded
- 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
- 2-3 Tbsp. minced sage, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 9” loaf pan with cooking spray. (Insert parchment paper overlapping over the long sides if you’d like.)
- In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- Using an electric mixer, beat the butter, sugar until light and fluffy. Then beat in the eggs until combined. By hand, mix in the flour mixture. Fold in the apples, cheese and sage. Spread batter into prepared pan.
- Bake until risen and a wooden skewer comes out of the center clean, about 45 minutes. Cool to room temperature before slicing.
Notes
Did you make this?Let me know how it turned out in the comments below!
Ali’s Tip:
Next time I try this, I’m going to use smoked cheddar cheese. I’m thinking that extra smokey kick would be delicious!!
hmm I don’t think I would be attracted to an apple/cheese bread but the more I look at that picture and the more I think about it the more I really want a piece of that bread. Looks delicious!
this makes me want some apple gouda and cinnamon sausage!
Yay for extra entries! This sounds delicious! My fave sweet/savory recipe right now is Giada’s Strawberry Rosemary Scones. Yum!
i love love this! i think i’m going to try making it this weeekend. it looks sooooooo yummy!!
xo,
christen
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This one looks very yummy I am going to have to try it out this weekend.
grilled cheese (savory) with apple (sweet) – especially on whole wheat walnut bread….yummmm!
I’m going to make this today for the Wednesday Habitata for Humanity crew but I’m not going to grate the apples — I don’t have a processor and I like my knuckles too much to grate! I know they’ll love it.
This sounds and looks delicious! It reminds me of when we would have apple pie growing up – and we’d always put a piece of cheese on top. Thank you for the recipe! I can’t wait to try it!
Looks yummy! I am not a successful baker usually so I do not make breads. This one looks simple enough thought that maybe even I could make it!
I love sweet and savory breads. Like a dark pumpernickel with raisins and nuts.