Applesauce Bread Recipe for the Bread Machine
Updated September 14, 2024 – Published on September 3, 2021
The Man of the House does not like bread containing wheat flour.
However, he makes an exception for this wonderful bread. Applesauce, raisins, and cinnamon . . . what’s not to love?
Note that the raisins as an optional ingredient. I’ve made the bread both with and without raisins. I can’t decide which I like better as both ways are very good.
The loaves come out a little on the smaller side, but they are so good!
Are you looking for another bread recipe that features apples? Then check out this apple cider cinnamon bread recipe.
Apple cider cinnamon bread is tasty and smells wonderful when toasted. It’s also a good way to use up extra apple cider.
Making Applesauce Bread
This makes a two-pound loaf of bread. Use the basic setting with medium crust.
Follow the instructions that came with your bread machine in terms of which ingredients to put in the machine first.
Make sure you check on the dough after five or ten minutes of kneading. Since the consistency of applesauce can vary dramatically, this is a very important step. Just pop the top of the bread machine and see how the dough is doing. It should be a smooth, round ball. If it’s too dry add liquid a teaspoon at a time until it looks right. If it looks too wet, add flour a tablespoon at a time until it looks right.
Applesauce Bread Recipe
Again, this makes a two-pound loaf of bread. Use the basic setting with medium crust.
1 ¼ cups applesauce
2 Tablespoons olive oil
1 ½ Tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 ½ teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 ¼ cups bread flour
1 ½ teaspoons active dry yeast
¼ cup raisins (optional)
See below for metric measurements, as well as nutrition information, for this applesauce bread recipe for the bread machine.
Applesauce Bread Recipe
Recommended Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups (305 g) applesauce
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1 ½ Tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup (120 g) whole wheat flour
- 2 ¼ cups (281.25 g) bread flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons active dry yeast
- ¼ cup (36.25 g) raisins optional
Instructions
- This makes a two-pound loaf of bread. Use the basic setting with medium crust.
- Follow the instructions that came with your bread machine in terms of which ingredients to put in the machine first.
- Make sure you check on the dough after five or ten minutes of kneading. Since the consistency of applesauce can vary dramatically, this is a very important step. Open the top of the bread machine and see how the dough is doing. It should be a smooth, round ball. If it’s too dry add liquid a teaspoon at a time until it looks right. If it looks too wet, add flour a tablespoon at a time until it looks right.
Notes
Nutrition
All information presented within this site is intended for informational purposes only. I am not a certified nutritionist and any nutritional information on breadmachinediva.com should only be used as a general guideline. This information is provided as a courtesy and there is no guarantee that the information will be completely accurate. I try to provide accurate information to the best of my ability; however these figures should still be considered estimates.
I made this even though I don’t have a bread machine. It was so delicious! I made it using applesauce from my Gravenstein apple tree, and then actually rolled out the dough and filled it with grated apple from my Spartan apple tree. I loved the texture of the bread and definitely will make it again!
I’m getting ready to make this recipe, but all I have is cinnamon applesauce…. can I use that and not use the cinnamon it calls for in the recipe?
I think that would work fine.
Instead of using the wheat flour can I use the same amount of regular flour or extra bread flour instead,?
Great question! Of course you should always feel free to make the recipes your own. However, in this case, I’m not sure what the end result will be like. Let me know if you try it.
Hi all! I’m wondering if anyone has used this bread for sandwiches or is it too sweet for that? Thanks!
I got a free Zojirushi from someone who wasn’t using it any longer. It’s amazing! And thank you for this recipe. I went heavy on the spices (a cake spice mix from Penzey’s), replaced 1/2 cup of whole wheat bread with buckwheat flour, and used honeycrisp unsweetened applesauce from Costco. It smells great, and it tastes amazing with a thin layer of jam. I will experiment with adding a little bit of sugar next time, and will be adding walnuts. Thank you!
Making this right now! So far so good, putting machine on dough cycle only and will bake in the oven.
I used pumpkin pie spice (the propitiatory mix from someone) instead of the cinnamon and applesauce I made with apples from my neighbors tree. For the “nut and fruit” additions I used some candied fruit I have had soaking in rum for a year!
It’s mixing and rising now – the scent that is coming out of the machine is heavenly. Cycle is an hour and a half, I’m sure it will rise up nicely by the time I shove it in the oven.
Cool site, just found it and thanks!
This sounds amazing!! How did it turn out?
Real good! So good that its been requested for Christmas! And this time with the liquored up fruit im tossing in some chopped dates. The last loaf leftovers went into a bread pudding. Oh la la!
Thanks so much for the great comment. I hope you all had a happy Christmas!!
I made this recipe but used 2 cups of wheat flour with some gluten which I let set for a day and only 1 and 1/4 cup of bread flour. It rose nicely. It actually came out a little heavy but very very tasty.
This turned out wonderfully. I have lots of Brown Turkey figs So I simmered them quickly to make “fig sauce”. Most fig recipes are too sweet so I used this unsweetened fig sauce and this bread raised and tasted great. Pretty darn healthy, too! Thanks, Diva!
Your fig sauce sounds delicious!!
Tried this recipe yesterday using unsweetened applesauce, raise some and cinnamon. Thought it needed a bit more liquid and added a 1/4 cup of water after it had mixed a bit. Llove the dense, meaty texture. Like others I was concerned it wasn’t rising much but in the main cook cycle it came up like a 1.5 lb loaf. To be honest, I think the recipe needs more cinnamon and raisins than stated. The aroma of cinnamon while cooking was strong, yet mild when eating. Definitely needed more raisins than stated. Hard to even find them ?. I liked it so much though I am making more today to finish up the apple sauce.
Hi! I’m still learning how to use my bread machine and followed the instructions. How long is the loaf suppose to cook? What crust setting do you recommend? I may have messed up the loaf since I have to keep checking to see if it is done. Thank you!
Hi Jacky, Use the basic setting on the medium crust setting. Your bread machine should beep when it’s done.
Trying this one now. Used the normal basic bread setting. The loaf did not rise much before the baking cycle started, so I am hoping basic setting was right. If it doesn’t work this time, I’m going to try the wheat setting next time. Maybe it needs more rise time.
Love your site, trying one recipe at a time. Has anyone put cinnamon in this recipe? I am going to try it. Will let you know the outcome. Wish me luck.
Awesome recipe! I did alter it to include a little vanilla extract and a bit more sugar since I used unsweetened apple sauce, but it came out wonderfully. Thanks for sharing!
Yummy! Thanks for the recipe! 🙂
When I want to boost nutrition (all the time…lol) I use white whole wheat flour, as I did with this bread. The kiddos don’t even notice the difference.
Ellie, Thanks for the tip!
I want to try this loaf, but would it be a 1 lb 2 lb or a 3 lb loaf?
Hi Lynn, The loaf size is a smallish two pound loaf. It might fit in a 1.5 pound machine, but I’d hate to be wrong about that and have someone’s machine overflow. If anyone has made it in a 1.5 pound machine please let me know and I’ll update the recipe.
Great thanks. I was just asking because my bread maker has settings for 1, 2 and 3 lb loaves!
Very cool bread machine! I’d set it for a two pound loaf.
1 c applesauce
2 tb butter
2 tb sugar
1 tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
3 c bread flour
1 3/4 tsp active dry yeast
1/2 c raisins (not soaked and as much as my fruit dispenser would hold)
Reg
1.5 lb loaf
Light
Turned out phenomenal!!
Instead of Raisins I might try some of my dehydrated Apple I just made.
So I have a whole bunch of applesauce that I made homeaid! Is that ok to use due to it have a lot of sugar? Also do I have to use whole wheat flour.. It seems like I am buying soo much flour for so many diffrent kinds of bread. So I was just wondering if I have to use the whole wheat. And more.. just want to say thankyou for all your recipes.. I just got a bread machine (for free due to the fact that the person who gave it to me use it once ) Yay for me right.. But I have been comeing to you site and getting a lot of diffrent ideas. I use my machine everyday!! So thankyou for taking your time to post all the ideas..
Coletty – Thanks for the compliments! I’m so glad you like the site. And way to go on your free bread machine!!
If I were you, I’d experiment with your homemade applesauce in the recipe. Leave out the sugar and see what happens. If it rises too much you may want to put in more salt or less yeast to compensate. Once you’ve got the recipe adjusted for that, then switch to using just white flour. I’ve done that a few times and it makes a bigger loaf, but it tastes just fine.
Hi, I used the recipe with all the ingredients except I used my own canned applesauce which has plenty of sugar, so I omitted the sugar but followed the recipe and mine didn’t turn out. It didn’t raise much at all. So I guess I won’t be making this again. But I do like a lot of your other recipes. Thanks for sharing!
Swapna ~ Thanks so much for writing. I always like to hear how the recipes turn out for others.
Bread not rising is a problem that happens to all of us at one time or another. So in response to your excellent question I wrote a post about the issue.
Bread troubleshooting – Bread That Doesn’t Rise. Hopefully the answer will be there. Let me know if that doesn’t help.
I made this bread today using the exact recipe you listed, but it didn’t rise for some reason!