A Lesson on How to Make Apple Bread

We uh, have a lot of apples. 

In terms of measurement, I'm pretty sure we have somewhere between a peck and "holy shit that's a lot of apples". 

So obviously we had to get busy with ridiculous made from scratch apple recipes that are paraded all over Pinterest. Fall is basically the only season that I really can handle daily June Cleaver kitchen endeavors. What can I say, I'm a sucker for anything that will make my house smell like cinnamon and baked goods. 

Last night the kids and I made apple bread. Stupid simple recipe that we found on Pinterest (posted below). Strangely, the kids were completely engaged with taking turns dumping ingredients and stirring. There was no fighting or fit throwing when it wasn't their turn. 

...What?! I know. I said it. No fighting.

Their favorite part was cracking eggs. I've never let the kids crack eggs before. You would think I had given them permission to paint the house, they were so excited with it. 

I hope I don't wake up one morning with all my eggs cracked all over the house.

Here's a step by step of our apple bread, adapted from Pinterest. Personally, I would recommend doubling the ingredients for the bread but NOT doubling the cream cheese topping, as the bread didn't rise very much and the cream cheese was a little overwhelming for my ridiculous picky kids. 

You will need:
- 2 large apples (or 3 small apples), peeled and chopped
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/3 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp pumpkin spice seasoning

For the cream cheese topping:
- 6oz cream cheese (room temp)
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup sugar

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Combine chopped apples, oil, sugar, eggs and vanilla into mixing bowl. Give your minions helpers some spoons and tell them to stir. 
3. Sprinkle amazing sibling dust over said minions so that they will somehow be so nice taking turns dumping ingredients with each other that you're convinced Supernanny made an appearance in your house when you weren't looking.

4. Add flour, baking soda, pumpkin spice and salt. Mix well and pour into loaf pan. 

5. Mix together cream cheese, egg and sugar. Pour over batter. Poke holes in the batter to let it seep in, if desired. Put a loose foil tent over the top

5.5: Thank your lucky stars that you realized you pulled sour cream out of the fridge and not cream cheese, BEFORE you stirred it in the mixing bowl. Yikes. 

6. Eat apple pie for dinner and watch Despicable Me while letting bread cook for 30 mins. Eat without pants for a more exciting experience. 

7. Remove foil tent and continue cooking for 20 mins or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool before slicing.

Here's the original recipe. The link to the recipe is http://todayscreativeblog.net/apple-recipes/

Apple Bread:

You will need:
- 2 large apples (or 3 small apples), peeled and chopped
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/3 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp pumpkin spice seasoning

For the cream cheese topping:
- 6oz cream cheese (room temp)
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup sugar

1. Preheat oven 350 degrees F.
2. Chop your apples into small pieces or grate. Place into a large mixing bowl. Add oil, cup of sugar, eggs and vanilla. Mix well. Gently fold in flour, baking soda, salt and spices until wet. Pour into prepared loaf pan.
3. Combine cream cheese, sugar and egg either with a fork or mixer. Pour over the top of the batter. Using a fork or knife, gently swirl the two layers together.
4. Bake for 30 min with a loosely covered tin foil tent. Remove foil and continue to bake an additional 15-20 min until a toothpick inserted into bread comes out clean. Allow to cool before slicing.

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