Apple Cinnamon Bread

Steps

• Prep: Heat the oven to 175°C (350°F), line a 9x5 loaf pan, and stir the swirl brown sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl.
• Batter: Cream the butter and granulated sugar until light, about 3 minutes.
• Batter: Beat in the eggs, vanilla, and sour cream.
• Batter: Whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together, fold in just until combined, then fold in the diced apple.
• Assemble: Spread half the batter in the pan, sprinkle over two-thirds of the cinnamon sugar, add the remaining batter, and finish with the rest of the cinnamon sugar on top.

  Tip: Layer it, don't stir it. A stirred-in swirl just turns the whole loaf beige.

• Bake: Bake until risen and a skewer in the centre comes out clean of batter.
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  Tip: Test in a few places. Hitting a piece of apple gives a wet reading that has nothing to do with whether the crumb is cooked.

• Cool: Cool in the pan 20 minutes, then turn out onto a rack.
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