Welcome to autumn! This sourdough apple bread is not only easy but will fill your home with an intoxicating autumn aroma. Grab your kids (or whoever) and head to a local apple orchard because this recipe is begging to be made.
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This sourdough apple bread is sweet and tangy and will taste delightful with a cup of coffee on an autumn day. It can be an excellent way to use up your sourdough discard.
Autumn is a favorite time around our homestead. One of my personal favorite traditions is packing up the car the week before school starts and heading over to one of our local apple orchards.
Our apple orchards are filled with activities for kids in addition to beautiful apple picking. A couple of weeks ago I took all three boys, including the newborn, off on an apple orchard adventure, and in a true postpartum flare, I went to the wrong one! Thankfully, there are an abundance of apple orchards in our area and the drive to a new one was a mere 14 minutes.
We completed our apple orchard adventure by me begging the boys to sit under some apple trees and let me take their pictures. Thankfully, my little men obliged their emotional mother.
Most likely though you are not here to listen to my motherhood ranks on how adorable my boys are! Instead, you are here for the most simple, easy, and tasty sourdough apple bread.
The apples we picked up on our apple orchard excursion inspired this recipe. Make sure you rate the recipe if you try it and follow me over on IG for announcements on when I launch new sourdough recipes.
What makes this recipe easy? For the most part, it is a dump-and-go kind of recipe. There is little prep work that needs to take place, no stretch and fold, no kneading, and no extra fancy ingredients. Can I hear a hallelujah?!
Ingredients
Sourdough Starter
- 1 cup sourdough starter
- 1 ¼ cup filtered water
- 4 ¼ cups all-purpose einkorn flour
- 2 tsp salt
Remaining Ingredients
- Apples
- Eggs
- Gentle Sweet
- Swerve Brown Sugar
- Unsweetened almond milk
- Baking powder
- Cinnamon
- Mineral salt
Instructions
12 hours before you mix your remaining ingredients, make your starter. Combine your ingredients together and cover with a clean cloth or plastic wrap.
The next morning preheat oven to 350 degrees. Add sourdough starter to a large bowl. Dice two apples and add diced apples to sourdough.
Cream together eggs, Gentle Sweet, the Swerve Sugar, and unsweetened almond milk. Add to the bowl. Add remaining ingredients, including baking powder.
Bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when put in the center of the loaf. If your toothpick is not clean add 5 minutes at a time until your bread is done.
Equipment
- Bowls
- Measuring cups & spoons
- Bread pan - I love this silicon version - it never sticks!
- Bread knife - our current set
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FAQ
Can I Eat Sourdough on the Trim Healthy Plan?
When you are making sourdough creations while following the THM plan, there are a few guidelines to follow. The most important one is that the fermenting time must be 7 hours at room temperature from the time you mix the dough until it is baked.
When using sourdough discard, make sure that the sourdough starter did a full ferment (at least 7 hours, but ideally 12-24) before you discard the dough.
You can learn more about Trim Healthy Mama and the use of grains through this official THM article.
How long does this need to ferment?
I prefer around 12 hours. I think it gives it the best flavor. To be on plan with THM it must ferment for 7 hours at room temperature. All the flour must ferment during this time.
What Kind of Apples work for Bread?
Although any apple will work for bread there are a few that are better than others. In the case of this bread, I used Zestar apples which are crispy and tart. What makes the Zestar apple good in baked goods is that it holds its shape and texture, which not all apples do.
Other apples that are crispy, sweet, and with the ability to hold their texture, include:
Braeburn
Honeycrisp and
Pink Lady
There is really no right or wrong apple to experiment with, but do take note that there are some apples that will turn soggy in baked goods.
Another great sourdough apple recipe to try is my Sourdough Apple Bake.
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This sourdough apple bread is not only easy but will fill your home with an intoxicating autumn aroma. Grab your kids (or whoever) and head to a local apple orchard because this recipe is begging to be made.
Ingredients
Sourdough Starter
- 1 cup sourdough starter
- 1 ¼ cup filtered water
- 4 ¼ cups all-purpose einkorn flour
- 2 tsp salt
Remaining Ingredients
- 2 large apples
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup Gentle Sweet
- ⅓ cup Swerve Brown Sugar
- ½ cup unsweetened almond milk
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp mineral salt
Instructions
- 12 hours before you mix your remaining ingredients, make your starter. Combine your ingredients together and cover with a clean cloth or plastic wrap.
- The next morning preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Add sourdough starter to a large bowl.
- Dice two apples and add diced apples to sourdough.
- Cream together eggs, Gentle Sweet, the Swerve Sugar, and unsweetened almond milk. Add to the bowl.
- Add remaining ingredients, including baking powder.
- Pour batter into two lightly greased bread pans
- Bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when put in the center of the loaf. If your toothpick is not clean add 5 minutes at a time until your bread is done.
Notes
Depending on your loaf pan size you may need one or two loaf pans. I tend to need two for this recipe. Depending on if you use one or two loaf pans, your cooking times may vary.
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Gentle Sweet
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 72Total Fat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 227mgCarbohydrates: 14gFiber: 1gSugar: 9gProtein: 2g
Online calculators are estimates only. Use your best judgement when consuming.
This sourdough apple bread turned out gummy for me. I feel like some of that 2 1/2 cups of sourdough should have been flour. Would love to know someone else's experience.
The convenience of using just the starter is that you don't have to ferment any additional flour to be on the plan with THM. Mine have not turned out gummy, but it does all depend on what kind of sourdough starter you have. Another option would be to ferment some kefir with flour. I have no tried this, but I would start with 1/2 cup sourdough starter, 1 cup plan approved flour, and 1/2 cup keifir. Ferment overnight and see how that turns out!