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Fall Harvest Bread is packed with pumpkin puree, crisp apples, and crunchy walnuts bringing together all the best autumn flavors in one easy quick bread. It’s perfect with your morning coffee or as a sweet afternoon treat!

In the fall I’m always using pumpkin and apple in my recipes. Warm apple crisp is one of those desserts that is so easy to make and is on the menu often at our house. Apple Cinnamon Baked Oatmeal is also a tasty fall breakfast. I love serving Pumpkin Cookies with Brown Butter Frosting as a treat around Halloween. Then I often have Pumpkin Scones for breakfast or dessert.

After much debate I wondered why I couldn’t combine apples and pumpkin together in one recipe. I’ve never made an apple pumpkin bread before but I thought it would probably taste pretty good. Pumpkin is a pretty mellow flavor that comes to life with spices and those same spices pair nicely with apples so why not?

What is Quick Bread?

Quick bread is a type of bread that doesn’t require yeast or long rising times. Instead of yeast, it uses fast acting leavening agents like baking soda or baking powder. This makes the batter or dough rise quickly in the oven, which is where the name quick bread comes from.

I came up with a basic outline for a recipe. After looking at it several times I thought I needed to add in some nuts. Walnuts say fall to me and I happen to have a bag in the pantry so that’s what I went with.

Do I have to add nuts?

You do NOT have to add nuts to this recipe. Simply skip them. You can also add chopped almonds or pecans in place of the walnuts if you prefer.

After mixing the batter I popped it in the oven and then had the task of coming up with a name for this bread. I kept switching around the names Pumpkin Apple Nut or Apple Nut Pumpkin but it all sounded too wordy. After a while all I could smell was pumpkin, cinnamon, and other spices. Soon I thought that the bread simply smelled like fall so why couldn’t my bread be a fall harvest bread?

Ingredients:

all purpose flour
cinnamon
nutmeg
baking powder
baking soda
salt
granulated sugar
pumpkin puree
eggs
vegetable oil (or melted butter if you prefer)
apples (use your favorite type!)
walnuts (or your choice of nuts)

To make the bread preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl combine the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a large bowl cream together the sugar, pumpkin puree, eggs, and vegetable oil. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix well.

Fold in the apple pieces and walnuts. Pour into a loaf pan and bake for 1 hour.

This bread smelled like fall. Lots of spices, a bit of pumpkin, and touch of apple. The bread was sweet and tasted of pumpkin, apples, and spices with a nice crunch from the nuts.

This bread was super easy to whip up and it smells amazing as it bakes. It makes a great breakfast or snack.

How do you store fall harvest bread?

Store the bread in an air tight container or cover tightly with foil or plastic wrap. Bread will last for 5-7 days. You can also slice individual pieces, wrap in plastic wrap, and place in a freezer bag. Freeze for up to 6 months. When ready to enjoy thaw on the counter.

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