This bread is sort of a monkey bread however as a substitute of balls of dough caught collectively, it’s squares of dough stacked. I tailored it by upping the complete wheat flour content material, including in some nutmeg and tweaking the butter and sugar content material. And I stacked the dough in a sq. pan vs. the standard loaf pan. It’s a enjoyable bread to place collectively and oh, when’s it baking….be careful. You’ll have relations hovering across the oven ready for the timer to go off.
Apple Filling:
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon almond extract
- 4 medium apples, peeled, seeded and sliced
Dough:
- 1 (1/4 ounce) bundle yeast
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2/3 cups lukewarm water
- 2 eggs
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and barely cool
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup white complete wheat flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- In a small pan over medium warmth, soften 1 tablespoon butter. Whisk in brown sugar and cornstarch. Combine in cinnamon, nutmeg, almond extract and apples. Prepare dinner for five – 8 minutes after which cool.
- Whereas the apples prepare dinner, in a big bowl for a stand mixer, add yeast and sugar. Pour in lukewarm water and let sit 10 minutes.
- Add in eggs and three tablespoons melted butter. Stir.
- In a separate bowl, whisk collectively each flours and salt.
- With dough hook operating, add in half of flour combination. Proceed to slowly add remaining flour combination. Let dough hook knead dough till clean and elastic.
- Take away dough, spray bowl with cooking spray and put dough again in bowl. Cowl and let rise at room temperature for 1 hour.
- Coated a 9-inch sq. baking pan with cooking spray.
- Punch down dough and roll out onto floured floor. Roll into 12-in x 20-in rectangle. Unfold apple combination over dough. Lower into six 3 1/2-in x 12-in strips. Stack onto of one another.
- Lower the stack into 4 items about 3-in x 3-in.
- Place stacks on aspect in entrance one another till pan is full. Push collectively in order that they stick.
- Cowl and let rise for 45 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 levels F.
- Bake for 35 -40 minutes, masking loosely with foil after 20 minutes. Take away from oven and funky on a rack for quarter-hour till eradicating from pan to chill fully.
- Serve with a drizzle of honey, maple syrup or a scoop of frozen or common vanilla yogurt.
I truly served it as dessert (it’s a much less candy model of an apple tart) with a scoop of vanilla Greek fashion frozen yogurt (my newest enjoyable discover at Dealer Joe’s.)
And right here’s my favourite “outtake” photograph…..
What do you prefer to bake within the fall? What’s your favourite recipe utilizing apples?
