If you like apple fritters then you’ll love this Apple Fritter Pull-Apart Bread! I tried rolling the dough, like cinnamon rolls, however the texture wasn’t right. So even though this may look somewhat complicated to make, it’s not. You get all the flavors of an apple fritter, the texture and the wonderful glaze baked into one big bread. We ate ours warm and it is delicious!
Ingredients are as follows:
Dough:
3 C flour
1 package yeast
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 C brown sugar
1/4 C water
1 egg, beaten
3/4 C milk
1/4 C butter
Filling:
6 small apples, peeled & diced
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1 C brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 Tbsp. butter
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tbsp. cornstarch
Glaze:
1 Tbsp. butter, softened
1 tsp. vanilla
3/4 C powdered sugar
3 tsp. half & half (or milk)
Directions:Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 x 5 bread pan.
In a skillet, cook apples, lemon juice, brown sugar, vanilla, butter, cinnamon & cornstarch until mixture is thickened. Set aside to cool.
Heat the milk in a small saucepan until it bubbles; remove from heat. Add the butter and stir until melted; set aside.
Put flour, yeast, brown sugar and salt in a bowl, mix well.
Add the water, egg and milk/butter mixture.
Mix until dough forms into a ball; knead for an additional five minutes.
On a well floured surface, roll dough into a rectangle.
Evenly spread apple mixture over dough.
Cut dough into even squares (I got 20 from my dough).
Carefully stack pieces of dough onto each other forming four piles. (use a spatula, it makes stacking much easier!)
Place piles of dough into prepared pan.
Bake 45-50 minutes; until golden brown. Immediately remove from pan.
Mix butter, vanilla and powdered sugar into a bowl. Add half & half; stir until you get a creamy consistency.
Pour on glaze and allow to setup for a few minutes.
Pull some apart and enjoy!
Question on the yeast — I don't see any rising time in the recipe (yay! a big plus for me), so does that mean you're using rapid rise yeast, or is it still just the active dry stuff?
It's just the active dry yeast 🙂
Lisa, thanks for your reply, I just saw it now (not before my previous post) So for some reason I do clearly need more flour! I'm determined to try this one again…also I dont think I kneaded the dough for 5 min. I somehow missed that step, at least not by hand I used the dough hook on the mixer but maybe it needs hand kneading! I'll try again sometime and let you know how it goes!:) I know once I get it right it'll be awesome!:)
Hi Sarah,
It sounds like you need some more flour. I would only add about a 1/4 cup at a time until it holds it's shape. Don't forget to knead the dough for five minutes too! I hope you enjoy the recipe!
Hi! This looked amazing, so i"m trying to make it right now. I thought I followed the directions to a T, but my dough doesn't hold the ball shaped :(…I'm going to try to roll it out but my guess is it will take a LOT of flour, maybe about 1/2 cup, some for the bottom some for the top? Anything else I can try for next time? I'm determined to make my baked good turn out, so I try them over a few times til I get it:) Thanks for the recipe!:)
Sarah, I used 4 to 4&1/4c flour. Turned out great!
I'm so happy to hear that it turned out well and you all enjoyed it…thanks Sarah 🙂
I love Apple Fritters and this looks sooo amazing! Thank you so much for sharing at Taking A Timeout Thursday! Hope to see you again this week 🙂
-Trish@ Mom On Timeout
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