Gluten-Free Apple Cider Bread Recipe

Updated March 23, 2025

A gluten-free quickbread made with apple cider and spices. Elizabeth Barbone

This bread, made with reduced apple cider, tastes of apples, cinnamon, and nutmeg. It freezes well. Just be sure to cool loaf completely before freezing.

Recipe Details

Gluten-Free Apple Cider Bread Recipe

Prep 10 mins

Cook 60 mins

Active About 30 mins

Cooling Time 30 mins

Total 100 mins

Makes 4 small loaves

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Ingredients

2 cups apple cider
Nonstick cooking spray
1 1/4 cups (5 ounces) sorghum flour
3/4 cup (5 1/2 ounces) packed dark brown sugar
3/4 cup (3 ounces) millet flour
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon xanthan gum
2 large eggs
5 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

Heat apple cider in a medium saucepan over medium heat until reduced to 3/4 of a cup, about 25 minutes. Remove reduced apple cider from heat and set aside to cool.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place four (5- by 3- by 2-inch) mini loaf pans on rimmed baking sheet. Spray mini-pans with nonstick cooking spray. In medium bowl, whisk together sorghum flour, brown sugar, millet flour, ground cinnamon, baking powder, salt, ground nutmeg, and xanthan gum. Add eggs, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, and cooled apple cider. Whisk until batter is smooth. Divide batter evenly between prepared pans.
Bake until cake tester inserted into center of pan comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Remove pans from oven. Allow to bread to cool in pan for five minutes and then turn loaves out onto a wire rack to cool completely. Store loaves, wrapped, on counter for up to three days or freeze up to three months.

Special equipment

Four (5- by 3- by 2-inch) mini loaf pans

Nutrition Facts (per serving)
2376	Calories
87g	Fat
373g	Carbs
35g	Protein

Nutrition Facts
Amount per serving
Calories	2376
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 87g	112%
Saturated Fat 10g	49%
Cholesterol 372mg	124%
Sodium 3055mg	133%
Total Carbohydrate 373g	136%
Dietary Fiber 16g	56%
Total Sugars 186g
Protein 35g
Vitamin C 192mg	961%
Calcium 687mg	53%
Iron 12mg	69%
Potassium 1509mg	32%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.