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!!
I just made this tonight and it is absolutely DELICIOUS! Thank you for sharing!!! I can’t wait to bring it to our work Christmas party :)
Maybe it’s me but when I assembled the ingredients for this recipe it was totally dry. Spreading batter into pan was not my experience – spreading sand was. I added and added milk until I could clump it into the prepared pan. What did I miss here?
Made this Saturday and it is ridiculously, stupendously delicious. It’s a fascinating flavor blend because the taste is not distinctly apple-y nor is it distinctly cheesy. It’s just … WOW. I’ve been raving about it for two days. One FYI: Mine needed an extra half-hour of cooking time, and I’m not in a high altitude zone. At 75 minutes it looked exactly like the top photo and was perfect.
Yes, the idea of a sweet & savory bread sounds really great. Apples and cheddar are always a delish combo!
want!
cheddar + apple is one of favorite things. never thought to make into a bread loaf.
I really like apple cheddar pie so this especially appeals to me!
This is an incredible recipe – all the autumn scents and tastes. Wow!
Just made this. All I can say is.. WOW!!
We just tasted the loaf we made tonight with Golden Delicious (from our tree), mostly whole wheat pastry flour, Cabot Private Reserve Extra Sharp Aged Cheddar and sage from our herb garden. We couldn’t even wait for it to cool all the way. It is indescribably Delicious. Now we can hardly wait until tomorrow for the flavors to meld and probably make another loaf. Thanks for the recipe.
I was just telling my husband that we ought to make some apple and cheddar grilled cheese sandwiches, and then I saw this. Perfect combination!