Baking With Friends: Applesauce Oatmeal Bread (+ Video)
Quick breads are always a huge hit with my kitchen helper and when I saw this recipe for Applesauce Oatmeal Bread I knew I had to try it. It was an instant success and I have made it about a dozen times since. Not only is this bread delicious, it’s a perfect recipe to make with more than one kitchen helper, which is exactly what we did during a recent play date. One of my kitchen helper’s classmates was over and loves to bake as well. This recipe has a perfect division of labor, as seen in the video below, one mixed the dry ingredients, while the other mixed up the wet ingredients. They came together at the end with the last two ingredients and ran off to play while it baked. Once the bread was out of the oven we were able to enjoy a mini food photography session too. My kitchen helper’s classmate wants to be a photographer when she grows up, so of course I couldn’t resist showing her a few tricks.
Recipe Source: King Arthur Flour
Ingredients
- 1 Cup - Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 1/2 Cup - Vegetable or Canola Oil
- 1 1/2 Teaspoon - Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 Cup - Whole Wheat Flour
- 1 Cup - All-Purpose Flour
- 1/4 Teaspoon - Baking Powder
- 1/2 Teaspoon - Baking Soda
- 1 1/2 Teaspoon - Cinnamon
- 1/2 Teaspoon - Allspice
- 1/4 Teaspoon - Nutmeg
- 1/2 Teaspoon - Salt
- 1/2 Cup - Rolled Oats
- 3/4 Cup - Unsweetened Applesauce
Method
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a loaf pan with baking spray
- In a medium bowl, combine the sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla. Mix until combined
- In a large bowl, combine the flours, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda and salt
- Pour the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until combined
- Add the oats and applesauce. Mix until combined
- Pour into the loaf pan and bake at 350 for 50-55 minutes. The bread is ready when a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for a few minutes in the pan before transferring onto a baking sheet
Nicole Bedard
Nicole is a professional photographer, mother to an energetic child, and founder of Make and Taste. She has been a Commercial, Editorial and Lifestyle photographer for 10 years and has been published in various magazines and brand websites. Nicole is passionate about providing her child with meaningful experiences and documenting all of the fun along the way. You can always find her baking with her 7 year old and enjoying a good cup of coffee.
