This cinnamon apple bread is going to bring you great joy and comfort with every delicious bite! Super easy to make, loaded with chunks of tender apples, and mildly sweet, enjoy this with your favorite hot beverage as the weather cools down. It's so good that you won't know it's gluten-free and dairy-free!
Peel the apples, cut into quarters and core. Reserve one apple quarter and slice thinly for topping the bread. Dice the remaining apples.
In a medium or large mixing bowl, whisk together the brown rice flour, tapioca starch, cinnamon, ginger powder, nutmeg, and salt. Set aside.
In a different bowl, combine the oil, maple syrup, eggs, and vanilla and whisk together well. Set aside.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry and whisk together well. Mixture will be very thick.
Mix the diced apples into the bread batter. Transfer to a parchment lined loaf pan.
Arrange the sliced apples on top of the bread batter.
Mix together the packed brown sugar and cinnamon topping and sprinkle over the bread batter and apples.
Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
Let cool 15 minutes in the pan. Use the parchment paper to lift the bread out of the pan and transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely before slicing, at least 1 hour.
Notes
If you want to add more apple to your bread, start with adding another half apple.
Leave the skin on the apples if you prefer.
The bread tastes great after being chilled in the fridge.
Make it an apple raisin bread by adding ¼ cup or raisins with the diced apples to the bread batter.