Apple Fritter Bread

Ingredients:

• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 2 tsp. cinnamon
• 2 Granny Smith apples, peeled and chopped
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1-1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 1-1/2 cups flour
• 1-3/4 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 cup milk plus 1 tbsp. milk, divided
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar

Directions:

1. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar with 1 tsp. cinnamon.
2. In another bowl, combine apples with remaining 1 tsp. cinnamon and stir to mix. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, cream butter and granulated sugar. Beat in eggs and add vanilla until completely mixed. 
4. In another bowl, whisk the flour and baking soda, and add 1/2 cup of milk and mix until smooth. Add the flour and baking soda mixture to the butter mixture and stir until blended. Pour half of the batter into a 9 x 5 in. loaf pan that has been sprayed with Pam. Layer half of the apple mixture on top of the batter followed by half of the brown sugar mixture. Gently press the apples into the batter. Add the remaining batter into the pan, followed by the remaining apples and brown sugar mixture. Lightly press the apples into the batter and swirl the brown sugar mixture between the apple chunks and into the batter. 
5. Bake 50-60 minutes in 350℉ oven. Cool 15 minutes on a wire rack. While bread cools, prepare the glaze.
6. In a small bowl, combine powdered sugar with remaining 1 tbsp. milk. Mix until cool and drizzle over cooled bread.

Submitted by Trudy Cleaver