Apple Bread with Honey Glaze

02 Oct Apple Bread with Honey Glaze

What better way to welcome the start of Rosh Hashanah than with a traditional apple bread with honey glaze? During the Jewish New Year, an apple slice dipped in honey is a way to express your hopes for a sweet and fruitful year. This recipe comes from our Director of Food Services, Chef Gino Dalesandro. Enjoy!

Apple Bread with Honey Glaze

Ingredients:

5 apples (peeled and chopped)

1¼ c butter

2½ c sugar

1¼ c buttermilk

3½ tsp vanilla

3½ tsp baking soda

3 c flour

6 eggs

(add walnuts if desired)

Topping:

1¼ c butter

1¼ c flour

1¼ c sugar

3½ tsp cinnamon

Honey Butter Glaze:

1 c honey

1 c butter

Directions:

1. Cream together butter and sugar until it becomes a paste

2. Slowly add eggs until it becomes absorbed

3. Mix all ingredients together until smooth while alternating from wet to dry

4. Add in chopped apples (and walnuts if desired)

5. Pour into 2 loaf pans

6. Combine all ingredients for topping until it clumps into small chunky pieces

7. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar topping evenly onto loaves

8. Bake at 325 degree for one hour

9. Place ingredients for honey butter glaze into pot. Reduce to thick syrup. Brush on cool loaves and serve.