Apple Fritter Bread

This apple bread is to DIE FOR! No joke this is hands down the BEST apple bread I have ever tasted! My good friend Cathy from work made this bread and brought some in for us to try.  We all went crazy over this and had to have the recipe! So when I made this at my house last week we had just a small snow storm the night before. While the boys were out clearing the driveway I was inside making this bread.  When Robby walked in the door he instantly said how good the house smelled and made his way over for a warm piece of the bread.  He decided that this MUST be made for every holiday or any day! Jim came in next and loved it just as much as Robby and I did! Needless to say this apple bread was GONE,  G_O_N_E ,  gone by the end of the day not a single crumb could be found! If you want to impress everyone at your house I highly suggest making this apple fritter bread!

INGREDIENTS
1/3 cup light brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2/3 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup milk (I used 1%)
2 apples peeled and chopped (I used fuji apples) Mixed with 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon

GLAZE
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1-3 Tablespoons milk, depending on how thick you want your glaze.

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan with non-stick spray and set aside.  In a medium size bowl beat the white sugar and butter together until creamy. Beat in eggs one at a time and add vanilla extract. In another bowl combine and whisk flour and baking powder then add a little bit at a time into the creamed butter mixture stirring until well combined. Mix milk into the batter until smooth. In a medium bowl mix together the brown sugar and cinnamon, peel and chop the apples and add to the brown sugar and cinnamon mixture. Stir to coat all of the apples. Pour half of the batter into the prepared pan, add half of the apples on top of the batter and half of the brown sugar/ cinnamon mixture. Lightly pat apples into the batter. Pour the remaining batter over the apple/cinnamon layer and top with the remaining apples and then the brown sugar cinnamon mixture. Lightly pat the apples into the batter. Bake in a preheated oven for
50-60 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean.

To make the glaze simply mix the powdered sugar and desired amount of milk to get the thickness you like and when the apple loaf has cooled for at least 15 minutes,  drizzle with glaze.

Enjoy,