Vanilla Oatmeal Applesauce Bread ⋆ Vintage Mountain Homestead (2024)

Vanilla Oatmeal Applesauce Bread Recipe

Vanilla oatmeal applesauce bread is my newest favorite sweet bread recipe. Not only is it delicate and oh so delicious, but it is also easy and quick to make.

First off, all the ingredients are basic ones that are typically found in every kitchen pantry: vanilla extract, rolled oats, applesauce, and flour. You know the basics. I love to bake delicious recipes with things I already have in the cupboards. Wasting ingredients and food is one of my pet peeves. So, when I found this recipe, I was super thrilled.

The entire family also loved it. The bread doesn’t last long. Only a day in my house, so I typically have to make two loaves at a time, which means I need to double this recipe. This oatmeal applesauce bread works great as a sweet breakfast bread topped with apple butter, carrot cake jam, or a compound butter. My girls request a slice for an after-school snack while they work on homework, or heat it in the microwave and top it with your favorite vanilla ice cream for a delicious dessert. Because the bread is a delicate and soft crumble that acts more like a cake than true bread.

I have baked this bread often, and in my quest for healthier eating habits, I have substituted the white granulated sugar with granulated Swerve sugar. The ratio is one to one, so I used 1 cup of Swerve sugar to the 1 cup of white sugar in the recipe.

Our cost to make this recipe.

My calculated approximate cost to make this sweet bread is about $5.17 per loaf, or $0.43 per serving slice if you can cut 12 thin slices out of one loaf. For our homestead, we reduce the cost by growing our own apples and making applesauce and apple butter to can in the water bath canner. We also make our own vanilla extract, which can be much cheaper than the store-bought kind. This recipe uses an entire tablespoon of vanilla, which costs over $2.00 for the store-bought variety. This is the bulk of the cost.

Pinterest Comments

• Loved the bread? I doubled the recipe and added chopped walnuts. I always have to add nuts to this type of bread. Thank you!
• This is sweet but not overwhelming, and not dry at all. Definitely will add to the rotation.
• Perfect bread. Doubled the recipe, reduced sugar and added a few craisins. I am now making my second batch for the day.
• Simple pantry staples. Used pumpkin pie spice and old fashioned oats. After cooling, will freeze for future use.
• Excellent bread! Very simple but full of flavor. I added raisins to one batch, and dried cranberries to a 2nd batch. One recipe makes 3 mini loaves. Freezes well.

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I adapted this recipe fromKing Arthur Flour online recipe.All images and text are all my own and original to Vintage Mountain Homestead.

Vanilla Oatmeal Applesauce Bread

Ingredients

• 1cupwhite granulated sugar,…[$0.29]
• 2largeeggs,…[$0.46]
• ½cupcanola or vegetable oil,…[$0.19]
• 1Tbspvanilla extract,…[$2.10]
• 1½cupall purpose flour,…[$0.35]
• 1/2tsp.baking powder,…[$0.02]
• 1tsp.baking soda,…[$0.04]
• 1½tsp.ground cinnamon,…[$0.06]
• ½tsp.Apple pie spice,…[$0.05]
• ½cuprolled oats,…[$0.14]
• ¾cupunsweetened applesauce,…[$1.47]

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 °F. Grease a loaf pan and set aside.
• Blend white sugar, eggs, oil, and vanilla together until the mixture is smooth. Add all remaining ingredients and blend until mixture is uniform.
• Pour mixture into greased loaf pan and bake for 40-50 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Let cool and remove from pan.

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