Recipe

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• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup granular sucrolose sweetener (such as splenda)
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 2 pinches ground allspice
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/3 cup buttermilk
• 2 apples, peeled and chopped
• 1 apple, peeled and shredded
• 1/3 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tbsp rolled oats
• 2 tbsp white sugar
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 3 tbsp cold butter

• 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• 2 Beat 1/2 cup softened butter with 1/2 cup white sugar and sucralose sweetener in a bowl until creamy. Beat in eggs, applesauce, vanilla extract, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice until smooth.
• 3 Mix 2 cups flour, baking soda, and salt together in a separate bowl; stir into butter mixture, alternating with buttermilk until just combined. Fold in chopped and shredded apples and walnuts. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
• 4 Mix 1/3 cup flour, rolled oats, 2 tablespoons white sugar, brown sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon together in a bowl; cut in 3 tablespoons cold butter until mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle topping over batter.
• 5 Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean, 55 to 60 minutes. Cool in pan for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.