Chocolate Walnut Oatmeal Apple Bread

Apple cinnamon bread is made extra hearty thanks to cocoa powder, walnuts, and oats added to this quick bread batter.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 20 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins
• Calories: 435 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3 eggs
• 1 ¾ cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¾ cup vegetable oil
• ½ cup cocoa powder
• ½ cup quick-cooking oats
• ¼ cup mashed sweet potatoes
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
• 3 cups peeled, cored, and cubed Granny Smith apples

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan and dust with 1 tablespoon cocoa powder.

Step 2

Whisk sugar and oil together in a large bowl until smooth. Beat eggs, 1 at a time, into sugar-oil mixture, beating thoroughly before adding the next egg. Beat mashed sweet potato and vanilla extract into sugar-egg mixture until smooth.

Step 3

Sift flour, 1/2 cup cocoa powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt together in a separate bowl. Sprinkle oats over flour mixture. Stir flour mixture, 2 to 3 tablespoons at a time, into sweet potato mixture until batter is just mixed; fold in apples and walnuts. Spread batter into the prepared loaf pan.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven for 70 minutes. Increase temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out nearly clean, 20 to 30 minutes more.