I’ve been kind of in a flurry so far in the new year, so forgive me for being silent for a few days! I was all ‘I’m going to slow down! No multi-tasking!’ and then work happened, so that all went out the window. There is something about the end of the month, end of the quarter time that just seems to make everything come to a head (at least in my job). For me, I don’t mind being busy, but after coming back from a very relaxing couple of weeks, it’s just hard and I was really resistant to get back to the regular grind of work and a regular schedule, especially when it’s just so stinking cold outside. So finally, I feel like I’m back into more of a regular swing of things, especially when it comes to baking.
This quick-bread recipe came about as being based on another one of my grandmother’s recipes, which I am slowly but surely working my way through this year. While a lot of her recipes are pretty vague, this one was even more vague, citing no baking time or temperature and basically naming ingredients in really weird amounts. While I’m sure the exact recipe was all up in her brain, I just kind of made this one up as I went along!
I used a combination of brown sugar and maple syrup to sweeten this bread, along with a bit of lemon juice and zest to give it another note of flavors. The variety of nuts you use is flexible, I just happened to have almonds on hand, but I think walnuts or pecans would be perfect too. I debated between a powdered sugar glaze and a streusel topping for this bread, but in the end, I just really couldn’t get that crunchy/sweet idea of a streusel out of my head, so it won out. I hope to be a bit more ahead of the game next week and get in a combo of salty and sweet recipes. Happy weekend-ing!
Brown Sugar Almond Streusel Bread
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 60 minutes
- Total Time: 75 minutes
- Yield: 1 loaf 1x
- Category: Bread
Description
A crunchy streusel topping is the perfect compliment to this almond bread!
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- Zest and juice of 1/2 lemon
- 1 cup non-dairy milk
- 1 flax egg (1 tbs. ground flax combined with 3 tbs. water)
- 3 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup chopped almonds
- For the streusel topping:
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil (solid)
- 1 cup chopped almonds
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a loaf pan and set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the maple syrup, brown sugar, non-dairy milk, lemon juice/zest, vanilla, and flax egg. Set aside. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add the coconut oil and break up into the flour mixture with your fingers, until the oil is broken down into pea sized chunks. Add the flour mixture into the liquid mixture and stir until combined. Fold in the chopped almonds. Pour batter into the greased loaf pan. Top with the streusel mixture and bake for 45-60 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- To make the streusel: In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, coconut oil and almonds. Break up the coconut oil into small pieces (like with the bread batter) until it is broken down into pea sized pieces and mixture is combined.
- To make
Medha @ Whisk & Shout says
Yum, this looks amazing! I love almond anything and I’ll definitely give this a try… you can’t go wrong with streusel. Pinned 🙂
The Frosted Vegan says
I agree Medha! Streusel everything, all the time 🙂
Julia says
So.gorgeous!!!! I’m about to take a little road trip and wish I had a hunk of this bread for my road tripping snacking delight. UGH it looks perfect!
The Frosted Vegan says
Ohh you got that right! Road trip bread=best snack ever.
Laura Laera says
This looks amazing!! 🙂
The Frosted Vegan says
Thank you Laura! 🙂
Linda @ Veganosity says
This is a beautiful quick bread, perfect with a hot cup of coffee on a cold winter’s morning!
The Frosted Vegan says
You are SO right! 🙂
David @ CookingChat says
Looks good! Nice photos–I was prompted to check them out via the FBP conversation on the topic.
The Frosted Vegan says
Thank you David!
Kate says
Abby, this bread looks incredible! Hope your days slow down soon.
The Frosted Vegan says
Thanks Kate! I’m sure there will be ebbs and flows : )
Lynn @ Order in the Kitchen says
This looks so delicious! Love the crunch on top!!
The Frosted Vegan says
Thanks Lynn! That’s the best part 🙂
Patricia @ Grab a Plate says
This bread looks & sounds absolutely fab! I have a bunch of my dad’s old recipes that are similar to your grandmother’s — very vague! But I’m glad that I have them 🙂 Love it!
The Frosted Vegan says
It was such a different time, right? I kind of like that they are vague, it gives me a piece of her to figure out : )
Jenny (VintageSugarcube) says
I was looking for a recipe with maple syrup and this one is my fave. Making this bread this weekend. My boyfriend was gifted with a HUGE jug of maple syrup for Christmas. Happy NY! Love your blog.
The Frosted Vegan says
Hooray! I seem to burn through maple syrup like nobody’s business, so I totally love jugs of syrup!
Meg @ Noming thru Life says
I feel like this is one of those treats where you look down and suddenly realize you’ve ate half of it. And instead of guilt you feel sorrow that half of it is gone already, and you can’t believe it. Yaa… one of those 🙂
The Frosted Vegan says
You hit it right on the head Meg! I felt that way when I was chugging it last night 🙂
Jen and Emily @ Layers of Happiness says
Recipes from our grandma’s are always the best! You have inspired me to try to start working through my grandma’s this year… it’s so sentimental to eat/make the same food your grandma did. Love it! Something tells me your grandma probably liked to bake as much as you. 🙂 Pinned!
The Frosted Vegan says
Your comment made me so happy! I’m glad I inspired you, it’s such a fun thing to do 🙂 Enjoy and I look forward to following along!
Jenn @ A Toast to the Good Life says
OOO! This looks delicious! And how can the name “Brown Sugar Almond Streusel” not entice us all?! Sounds amazing!
The Frosted Vegan says
Right?! I wanted to just eat the topping, forget the bread 🙂
Jan says
Grandma Millie would be excited that you have been working with her original recipes. You are right that she would have all the amounts up in her head as I can remember her answer ” Oh, some of that and this until it looks/feels right.” This looks wonderful!
The Frosted Vegan says
Thanks Mom!