Cream Cheese Apple Bread
As soon as the weather starts to turn cooler I start to crave apple and pumpkin flavored treats. I have a few go to recipes, but am always looking for new ones to try. Here's my most recent trial.
This was a quite easy bread to make. It used simple ingredients that I already had on hand.
The Verdict:
Gabriel said he loved it despite the fact that he didn't like the cream cheese layer. Payton gave it a 'thumbs to da side' because she liked the bread but not the cream cheese layer.
I had made a couple mini muffins from just the bread batter and they jumped for joy when they got to take those to school for snack time.
I happen to love the cream cheese and think it's a great compliment to the flavor of the bread, which is a mild apple and spice combination...so it's a thumbs up from me. I think I'll add a little more apples next time to increase the apple flavor. Also, for the sake of household peace, I will leave out the cream cheese layer. I already plan to make a second batch this weekend and make muffins out of it for breakfast and school snack time.
Overall Rating: 2 1/2 Thumbs Up out of 3.
For the complete recipe, head on over to:
todayscreativeblog.net/apple-recipes/
Update on 11/3/13
Since we all somewhat liked this the first time around, I was eager to make it again with a few slight modifications. I also wanted to make a batch of all muffins for breakfast and snacks for the kids to take to school. With the few modifications below, I ended up with a 12 ct. pan of mini muffins and 11 regular size muffins (just couldn't squeeze enough out of it for the 12th one).
My Modifications:
*Used 3 small apples rather than the 2 it calls for (I chopped mine finely in my mini food chopper) for more apple flavor
*Substituted some of the oil for applesauce (about 1/3 of the amount)
*Made a streusel topping for the large muffins (YUM)
Streusel topping:
1 cup flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 cup butter
(combine all ingredients until crumbly)
(I shrank this down to about 1/4 of the recipe and had the perfect amount for all the muffins)
Update on 11/3/13
Since we all somewhat liked this the first time around, I was eager to make it again with a few slight modifications. I also wanted to make a batch of all muffins for breakfast and snacks for the kids to take to school. With the few modifications below, I ended up with a 12 ct. pan of mini muffins and 11 regular size muffins (just couldn't squeeze enough out of it for the 12th one).
My Modifications:
*Used 3 small apples rather than the 2 it calls for (I chopped mine finely in my mini food chopper) for more apple flavor
*Substituted some of the oil for applesauce (about 1/3 of the amount)
*Made a streusel topping for the large muffins (YUM)
Streusel topping:
1 cup flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 cup butter
(combine all ingredients until crumbly)
(I shrank this down to about 1/4 of the recipe and had the perfect amount for all the muffins)
Don't they look yummy? At least they definitely TASTE yummy :) The kids better get home soon before mommy eats all of them.
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