APPLE CREAM CHEESE BREAD

Apple Cream Cheese Bread image

Provided by Monica H

Time 45m

Number Of Ingredients 17

dry indredients:
1 1/4 c flour
1 1/4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cardamom
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 pepper
wet ingredients:
1 stick unsalted butter
2/3 c brown sugar
1 egg
2/3 c apple pie filling
1/2 granny smith apple, diced (skin on)
1 1/2 Tbsp vanilla extract
cream cheese dollops:
8 oz cream cheese
1/3 c brown sugar

Steps:

1. Melt stick of butter and set aside to cool. Take out cream cheese to soften. Preheat oven to 350*.
2. Combine all the dry ingredients in bowl. Set aside.
3. Combine all the wet ingredients in a different bowl: Start with butter and brown sugar; mix lightly. Add egg; mix. Add apple filling and vanilla. Mix lightly.
4. Fold dry ingredients into wet ingredient bowl. Then fold in the diced apple.
5. Grease and dust loaf pan with flour.
6. Pour batter into loaf pan.
7. Combine cream cheese with brown sugar and "drop" onto top of batter.
8. Bake 30-35 minutes, until edges are browned and knife comes out clean (clean from bread part; the cream cheese will get on the knife). Remove from oven and let cool about 15 minutes. Now you can slice the bread around edge of pan and use a big spatula to help remove it from the pan. Let cool 5-10 more minutes before slicing / serving.