This delicious and no yeast vegan cinnamon quick bread tastes like snickerdoodles for breakfast! Easy to make and perfect for on the go!
Easy breakfasts like this vegan cinnamon quick bread can help get you out the door in the morning.
We know that breakfast time can be a struggle for many people. We love to sleep and usually don’t get enough of it, making us hit the snooze button in the morning one too many times.
That leaves people rushing around with limited amount of time in the morning and looking for something to grab and go on the way out the door.
Easy breakfasts like this vegan cinnamon quick bread can help.
It is so easy to make and ready in just about an hour. Not only that, but adults and kids alike both love it.
It also makes a great option to have out at a brunch or maybe a family holiday party for people that want something slightly sweet but don’t like things like cakes or pie.
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What ingredients do I need to make vegan cinnamon quick bread?
This vegan cinnamon quick bread needs just 9 ingredients and comes together super quickly.
Full amounts listed in the printable recipe card below.
The ingredients that you need are:
- coconut sugar (can sub with cane or brown)
- ground cinnamon
- all-purpose flour
- baking powder
- salt
- brown sugar (can sub with vegan cane sugar)
- unsweetened applesauce
- dairy free milk (we like oat)
- coconut oil (can sub for neutral flavor like canola)
How do I make vegan cinnamon quick bread?
To start this recipe, preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large bowl combine applesauce, non dairy milk and melted coconut oil.
Add to the bowl flour, baking powder, salt and brown sugar and mix everything together creating the batter.
In a small bowl combine coconut sugar and cinnamon creating the spice mixture.
Grease your loaf pan.
Layer your loaf pan by pouring half the batter into loaf pan, then half the spice. Then, remaining batter and the rest of the spice.
Take a knife put it into the batter until you touch the bottom of the pan. Zigzag it through the batter from left to right to create a marble like effect with the spice.
Bake the loaf for 45-55 mins or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Let cool, then cut and serve. It’s even better the next morning.
Warm up as needed.
Can I make vegan cinnamon quick bread Top 8 Allergen Free?
You can swap the coconut oil for another neutral oil like canola oil if you have a coconut allergy.
For the dairy free milk, we prefer oat which is already Top 8 Allergen free, but you can use any safe non-dairy milk.
Lastly, is the flour. We have not personally tried it with gluten free flour, but have made similar recipes for muffins or cupcakes with King Arthur Measure for Measure flour and it has worked, so we would assume it would work here too.
Can I prep this dairy free cinnamon quick bread ahead?
This bread, once made, will last up to 5 days. It tastes even better the next day as the cinnamon has longer to sit.
What are other vegan quick breads to make?
Quick breads require no yeast and usually are ready in about an hour, making them a delicious and great breakfast or snack on the go.
Some of our other vegan quick bread recipes include:
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Vegan Cinnamon Quick Bread
Ingredients
- 1 cup non dairy milk (we like oat)
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1/3 cup coconut oil, melted (sub for canola or vegan butter)
- 2 cups flour
- 1 cup brown sugar (cane sugar works)
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
For the Spice Mix
- 1/3 cup coconut sugar (can sub for brown or vegan cane sugar)
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large bowl combine non dairy milk, applesauce and melted coconut oil.
- Add to the bowl flour, baking powder, salt and brown sugar and mix everything together with a spatula.
- In a small bowl combine coconut sugar and cinnamon creating the spice mixture.
- Grease a loaf pan.
- Layer loaf pan by pouring half the batter into loaf pan, then half the spice. Then, remaining batter and the rest of the spice.
- Take a knife put it into the batter until touching the bottom of the pan. Zigzag it through the batter from left to right to create a marble like effect with the spice.
- Bake the loaf for 45-55 mins or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Let cool, then cut and serve. It's even better the next morning.
- Warm up as needed.
Notes
Nutrition
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This bread is delicious!!! My whole family loved it! I used brown sugar all the way since I didn’t have coconut sugar and instead of applesauce I used 1 mashed banana- the recipe still turned out super yummy! I left my bread cooking a whole 1 hour and some , to make sure it baked all the way. And boy did it help the crust be crunchy with softness in the middle! Thanks for sharing 🙂
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Delicious!!! Tastes like coffee cake but better! We’ll definitely be making this again. 🙂
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Hi, can I replace the all-purpose flour with wholewheat flour?
Hi! Thanks for asking. We haven’t tried but usually whole wheat flour should be substitute at 3/4 cup whole wheat for every 1 cup all purpose flour called for and then add an additional 2-3 tsp of liquid. We would recommend something sweet like maple syrup for the additional liquid since whole wheat flour tastes more “earthy” for lack of a better word LOL
LOVED this and so easy to make. Thank you for sharing 🙂
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I tried making this with coconut flour and the batter was more of a crumble – it definitely wouldn’t pour 🙁
Coconut flour is so finicky and really hard to work with. It almost always needs a blend of other gluten free flours.
Loved loved LOVED this recipe! It got rave reviews in my house. Next time I’ll have to double up and make 2 loaves! Thank you!
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Sooooo good and super easy! Perfect with coffee in the morning. It tastes soooo much like coffee cake but vegan and even better! Highly recommended!! 😃😃😃
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My family LOVED this! Simply made and absolutely delicious! This will become a staple in our home for sure!!
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I have made this recipe as written 4 or 5 times
Now. And every time is the same. Super
Delicious, moist, and keeps for a couple days. Great as dessert or with morning coffee.
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So easy and so delicious! Thank you for this wonderful recipe. I love cinnamon and this bread just satisfies that craving so well. Will definitely make it again and again.
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I can’t have dairy. So, i was delighted to find this recipe. I do a brunch every sunday, and just tried it today. Will certainly be making it again!!!!
We are so happy to hear that you loved it! Check out some of our cinnamon rolls for your next brunch! Thanks for taking the time to leave a review, we appreciate it so much
So, i have been making this one to three times a month since discovering this recipe back in september, and each time, i was using double the amount of applesauce called for because i buy the 6-packs of applesauce cups and i thought each cup is a quarter of a cup of applesauce (each is actually half a cup). I couldn’t figure out why it was super moist and had to bake it 5-15 minutes longer, haha. Today, i used only half an applesauce cup (so, that’s the quarter of a cup called for). And, I’m baking it for the time given, haha. Can’t wait to try it the RIGHT way, haha!!!!
I tried the recipe two ways. I made mine gluten free using Bob’s Red Mill 1-1 flour and the other was with regular flour and I used vegetable oil. My mom enjoyed the regular cinnamon loaf. My cinnamon loaf was sweet and the coconut sugar carmelized on the top and sides. Delicious is an understatement. I did leave my gf loaf in a an extra 20 minutes to make sure it cooked all the way. I also add a splash of apple cider vinegar and a little tapicoa flour to help. I ate 4 pieces after it came out of the oven. I refidgerated the rest. This morning the loaf was even better! The cinnamon flavors were amazing. I can’t wait to try other recipes forom your site!
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This is soooooo tasty !! Reminds me of those little crumb cakes I used to get at the convenience store back in the day , but a healthy version . I will definitely be making this again
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Thank you for this recipe! I didn’t have a loaf pan so I made muffins, which were done after 45 mins. I also subbed out the applesauce for aquafaba and it worked great. these are soooooo delicous <3
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Can I substitute the Applesauce for something else?
Any fruit puree
This is delicious! For some reason, though, my flour would not mix thoroughly and I had pockets of flour in my loaf.
What could be the issue? I did use light brown sugar for the sugar… maybe that’s it?
Thanks for your help!
Hmm, we’ve never had that issue so I’m not entirely sure. You could try mixing in separate parts so it mixes evenly.Just don’t overmix
This is delicious! I’ve made this twice now and we love the taste but I can’t get it to look like yours – my cinnamon swirl just goes to the top of the loaf when i do the zig zag. how do you get the defined middle layer in there?
Hi! We have a video now that shows you exact what we do. Maybe that will help so you have a visual? Thanks for taking time to leave a review, we really appreciate that. Have a great week!
Can you do almond flour? Has anyone tried??
We’ve never tried sorry
The flavor is delicious, but it never cooked up!! It is like mush, and I am not sure where i went wrong!
I used Coconut milk instead of Oat, and I used Almond Flour. Would that make a difference? I wanted it to work so badly!
I cooked it for 1 hour and 5 minutes at 350…
The type of milk wouldn’t matter but using just almond flour would matter. Almond flour is more moist so you either need to add more or reduce the liquid. Since we’ve only used a 1:1 GF flour we don’t have the exact measurements of how much almond flour you would need but that’s what happened.
I saw the video on your YouTube channel, I knew I had the ingredients so I made it right away. This is soooooooo goooood, oh my god. Hands down. I made it gluten free from King Arthur measure to measure gluten free flour blend and my sister couldn’t tell it was even gluten free. Point is I loved it!
So happy to hear you enjoyed it! We’ve made it with that GF flour as well and agree it’s almost indistinguishable! We really appreciate you taking the time to leave a review! Have a great day!
This is hands down one of the easiest and best sweet breads I have made… absolutely delicious!
I’ve made it three times in less than a week. I’m making another loaf tonight- this does not last long in my house.
You guys are awesome, Keep up the good work!
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Made this for my family yesterday..a huge hit! Didn’t last long at all, lol.
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Hi – what is the role of the applesauce in this recipe? Fat or moisture? I replaced it with Chia seeds (2 egg equivalent) but after 1hr 30 mins the bread still came out doughy 🙁
Applesauce is acting as the egg replacer but it’s there for the moisture too. 1/4 cup of applesauce is equivalent to 1 egg so it’s likely that with you subbing 2 “eggs” (I’m guessing 4-6 tbps of water with the chia) that it was too much and it needed to be cooked longer.
The bread was perfection! Can’t wait to make it again. The only change was adding a bit of vanilla. It didn’t last more than a day in my house. Please keep the delicious recipes coming!
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I watched the recipe for this amazing quick bread on you tube and immediately ran into the kitchen to make it. The bread is so fast and easy to make. I have been trying to adapt my moms coffee cake recipe to vegan and never was able to succeed until I made this bread. The taste brought me back to when I was a kid. The bread is so moist and tender. Amazing on its own or with a hot beverage. If you made a vanilla icing drizzle, it would probably put you in a food coma.
Don’t stop with this bread recipe! This website is loaded with fantastic recipes. If you’re new to eating vegan or been a vegan for years, you’ll find recipes that are easy to make that taste great!
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Love this!! Will make again, it was easy to make and delicious 🤤
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I made this today as a birthday treat for my daughter. I was worried at first, because my batter was a little thinner than Andrew’s was on the YouTube video, but I baked it anyway. The flavor is PHENOMENAL and my baby girl loved it! I will definitely be making this again. I can’t wait to make it with vegan butter! Thank you both!
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Subbed most of the oil with more applesauce and it was still delicious.
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Loved this recipe. It’s really good and easy to make.
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This recipe is awesome!! We’ve made it three times in the last week and a half. Huge hit with the whole family!
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I made this delicious bread for breakfast and it was so yummy! We devoured it before lunch!
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was easy to make and all loved it
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Thanks so much for your wonderful videos and for this recipe! I did make some changes:
Used 1/3 cup applesauce and reduced the oil to 1/4 cup. (I used grape seed oil)
Peeled and chopped a Granny Smith apple and added it to the batter
Subbed out 1/2 cup of almond meal for 1/2 cup flour.
It all worked perfectly and is addictively delicious. Thanks!
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Excellent recipe! I loved that even though I used brown sugar, it didn’t feel overly sweet! I used regular AP flour, but I will try GF next. I actually saved some of the brown sugar/cinnamon mix and added it to the top of the loaf. I gave it a mix into the dough and it gave the loaf a nice crunchiness to the top! It took me about 65 minutes total to bake in my glass loaf pan. Worth the wait!
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Perfection! We’ve made it 3 times now! Is there any substitution for coconut oil in this? Sometimes I don’t have it on hand.
You can use any neutral oil (wouldn’t recommend olive) or vegan butter . Glad to hear you enjoyed the recipe. Thanks for taking time to leave a review! Have a great week
This recipe was amazing! I wouldn’t change a thing 🙂
Everything came together so easily, and the end result is delicious! It’s not at all dense like a lot of other recipes I’ve tried. The bread came out so soft, and it’s got the perfect level of sweetness for people who don’t like a very sweet dessert. I used vegan butter to grease my baking dish which made the outside taste so good. Next time I’ll sub in some melted vegan butter with the oil and I’m sure it’s going to taste awesome. Looking forward to trying some of your other recipes, thanks for sharing!!
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Made this over the weekend and it was delish. My husband and I ate it in two sittings, not proud of that but just sayin’ 🤣
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Wow, it was really delicious!
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This is so simple and so delicious – a favorite at our house now!! Definitely agree even better the next morning. Thank you!!
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This bread is amazing! It does have the perfect level of sweetness for a quick morning bread. I had the brilliant idea to put some biscoff spread ontop of it, and it was the most delicous thing i’ve ever eaten. I’m gonna have to limit this bread to a once every other month type deal or I might get addicted.
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Hi! This recipe sounds absolutely amazing! I was wondering if I could do more applesauce and less oil to make it a little healthier, do you think that would work> If so, what would be the measurements? Thanks!
Hi, you can technically replace it all 1:1, but it will be more dense the more applesauce you use than if you were using oil.