Paleo Apple Bread with Cinnamon Streusel

This Paleo Apple Bread with Cinnamon Streusel is made with all gluten-free and dairy-free ingredients and topped with a delicious apple crumb topping.

I will be making this Paleo Cinnamon Apple Streusel Bread all year around. It is so delicious to make for an apple bread with a little sweetness and streusel topping! It is very easy to make and it is also gluten-free, grain-free and dairy-free!

This apple bread was inspired by my Mom’s apple cake she makes every single year. I look forward to it on the holidays and whenever she bakes it! Hers is made with the standard baking suspects like butter, flour, sugar, etc. This loaf I’m sharing is a bit on the “healthier” side for baked goods but it is still phenomenal if I do say so myself. I was shocked when my Dad enjoyed this paleo loaf since he is the number #1 “traditional” dessert kinda guy.

If you make this apple bread, let me know! I can’t wait to hear what you think!

Tip: don’t skip on the streusel topping for the bread. It adds such delicious cinnamon sugar flavor to the recipe.

What ingredients you need to make gluten-free apple bread with cinnamon streusel topping:

• Eggs – I haven’t tested flax egg here and usually it’s hard with coconut flour!
• Unsweetened applesauce – you can either make your own or use store bought
• Maple syrup – you can also sub honey too
• Oil – avocado oil, olive oil or melted coconut oil can work too!
• Creamy almond butter – or your nut butter of choice
• Coconut flour – I don’t recommend another sub for flour
• All spice, cinnamon and nut meg
• Apple – any variety you want!
• Chopped raw walnuts – can also sub another nut of choice
• Almond flour – I haven’t used another flour here
• Coconut sugar – I recommend this over liquid sweetener because it will make it more crumb-like

How to make paleo apple bread:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line or spray a loaf pan with parchment paper
2. Mix together wet ingredients until smooth
3. Add dry ingredients to wet and mix with spatula
4. Fold in chopped apple
5. Mix together streusel topping
6. Pour batter into a bread dish and top with crumb topping
7. Bake for 35-40 minutes (stick tooth pick in and should come out clean)
8. Let cool for a few minutes and enjoy!

Tips for success making apple bread:

• I recommend using an unsweetened applesauce here. A sweetened one can be too much and a bit too sweet! Plus it is a lot of extra sugar
• The flour we are baking with is coconut flour – it is a great nut-free and grain-free flour option but works very differently from all-purpose flour, oat flour and almond flour. It requires more liquid/wet ingredients and isn’t a 1:1 sub for another flour
• This bread freezes really well too. You can keep it in the freezer for up to 2 months too
• You can put in any apple you’d like in this recipe! I love using honey crisp or McIntosh for the loaf
• This apple bread makes for a delicious brunch or dessert recipe

A few other apple recipes to make:

Chocolate Caramel Apple Bark (vegan)

Crazy Good Vegan Apple Cobbler (gluten-free)

OMG Homemade Apple Fritters!

Vegan Apple Pie Crumb Bars (paleo + gluten-free)