Moist gingerbread-spiced quick bread with applesauce, tender apple pieces, candied ginger, cinnamon streusel, and glaze. No yeast. No rise. Pure Christmas comfort.

📏 Yield

1 loaf (9×5 pan)

🥣 Ingredients

🍎 Apple Mixture

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2 medium apples, peeled & diced

1 tbsp butter

2 tbsp brown sugar

1 tsp cinnamon

Optional: 1–2 tbsp chopped candied ginger (for extra zing)

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Cook gently 4–5 minutes until softened. Cool completely.

🥧 Gingerbread Streusel

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½ cup flour (60 g)

⅓ cup brown sugar (60 g packed)

3 tbsp butter, cold and cubed (45 g)

1 tsp cinnamon

½ tsp ground ginger

Pinch salt

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Rub together to form crumbs. Chill.

🥣 Bread Batter

Dry

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2 cups all-purpose flour (240 g)

¾ cup sugar (150 g)

1 tsp baking powder

½ tsp baking soda

½ tsp salt

1½ tsp cinnamon

1½ tsp ground ginger

¼ tsp nutmeg

⅛ tsp clove (optional)

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Wet

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¾ cup sourdough discard (200 g)

½ cup applesauce (120 g)

½ cup milk or buttermilk (120 g)

⅓ cup oil OR melted butter (90 g)

2 eggs

2 tbsp molasses

1 tsp vanilla

Optional: zest of 1 orange

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➕ Candied Ginger

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2–3 tbsp finely chopped candied ginger

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✨ Glaze Options

Vanilla Glaze

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1 cup powdered sugar

1–2 tbsp milk

½ tsp vanilla

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Maple Glaze

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1 cup powdered sugar

1½–2 tbsp milk

1–2 tsp maple syrup

Pinch cinnamon

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👩‍🍳 Instructions

1️⃣ Preheat oven to 350°F / 175°C. Grease and parchment-line a 9×5 loaf pan.

2️⃣ Make apple filling. Cool completely.

3️⃣ Make streusel and chill.

4️⃣ Whisk dry ingredients in one bowl.

5️⃣ Whisk discard, applesauce, milk, eggs, molasses, oil/butter, vanilla (and orange zest if using) in another bowl.

6️⃣ Combine wet + dry gently. Don’t overmix.

7️⃣ Fold in half the apple mixture and the chopped candied ginger.

8️⃣ Pour half the batter into the pan. Spread remaining apples over batter. Add remaining batter on top.

9️⃣ Sprinkle streusel thickly over surface.

🔟 Bake 50–60 minutes. Tent foil if over-browning. A toothpick should come out mostly clean.

1️⃣1️⃣ Cool 30–40 minutes.

1️⃣2️⃣ Drizzle glaze. Slice. Enjoy!

⭐ Christmas Options

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add pecans or walnuts to streusel

add cranberries to apples

dust powdered sugar “snow”

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