It’s arduous to seek out somebody who doesn’t love the mixture of flavors on this bread–apples, cinnamon, maple, butter, and cream cheese. The frosting is clean, creamy, and fluffy, not too buttery and the tang of the cream cheese balances the sweetness completely. Basically, it’s the identical as American buttercream besides that it makes use of half butter and half cream cheese.–Bernice Baran
CAN I FREEZE PULL-APART BREAD?
You actually can. As soon as it’s been baked–cooled and unfrosted–you possibly can wrap the entire thing in plastic wrap and freeze for as much as 6 months. You can even freeze it in sections, as in pull-apart a number of items, and freeze it in the identical approach. Make the frosting as you thaw the bread and also you’re able to go.
To assemble the pull-apart bread
For the maple cream cheese frosting
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Make the dough
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Butter a 9- by 5- by 3–inch (23-by 13-by 6–cm) loaf pan and line it with parchment paper.
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In a small bowl, stir collectively milk, yeast, and a couple of tablespoons (25 g) of sugar. Let combination relaxation till the highest turns foamy, 5 to 10 minutes.
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Within the bowl of a fitted with the hook attachment, mix flour, remaining 2 tablespoons (25 g) sugar, and salt. Flip mixer to low velocity, add egg and egg yolk, adopted by the milk combination and butter.
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Improve mixer to medium-low velocity, knead dough till it begins to peel away from the perimeters of the bowl, and types a ball across the hook attachment, 10 to fifteen minutes. If this does not occur after quarter-hour, the dough is simply too sticky; add 2 tablespoons (14 g) of flour and proceed to knead till dough comes collectively.
☞ TESTER TIP: For those who don’t have a stand mixer, you should use your palms to mix the dough and knead it. The dough is prepared for proofing once you stretch it between your fingers and it’s skinny sufficient to see mild via it with out it ripping.
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Transfer dough to at least one aspect of the bowl, butter the open aspect, then repeat with the opposite aspect. Cowl bowl with plastic wrap and place in a heat surroundings, equivalent to within the daylight or on a stovetop warming zone. Enable dough to proof till it’s doubled in measurement, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
Assemble the pull-apart bread
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On a well-floured floor, use a rolling pin to roll dough into a good sq. about 1/4 inch (6 mm) thick. Unfold butter onto dough, and prime with sugar and cinnamon. Slice dough into 16 even squares.
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Place a few slices of apple on every sq. of dough and gently stack squares, a number of at a time. Place stacks, upright, into the ready pan. Your pan might not be fully full, and that’s okay. It can broaden throughout baking.
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Preheat oven to 325°F (163°C).
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Bake bread for half-hour, then improve oven temperature to 350°F (177°C). Bake till bread is a little bit darker than golden brown, about 25 minutes extra.
☞ TESTER TIP: In case your bread is browning too rapidly, tent it with aluminum foil.
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Enable bread to chill within the pan for 15 to twenty minutes when you put together the frosting.
Make the maple cream cheese frosting
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In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat butter and cream cheese at medium-high velocity till pale yellow, 1 to 2 minutes.
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Add confectioners’ sugar to the butter combination, and blend at low velocity, simply till sugar is mixed, about 2 minutes.
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Flip mixer to medium-high velocity, and beat frosting for a minimum of 5 minutes, or till all the sugar is absolutely dissolved and frosting now not feels gritty when pressed between your fingers. Scrape down the perimeters of the bowl as wanted. Add salt and blend simply till mixed.
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Add vanilla bean paste, maple syrup, and cream, and blend till absolutely mixed.
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Take away bread from the pan and, whereas it’s nonetheless heat, unfold frosting on prime. This bread is greatest served contemporary and heat. Retailer in an hermetic container at room temperature for as much as 24 hours, or refrigerate for 2 to 3 days.
Serving: 1 servingEnergy: 425 kcalCarbohydrates: 60 gProtein: 7 gFats: 18 gSaturated Fats: 11 gMonounsaturated Fats: 5 gTrans Fats: 1 gLdl cholesterol: 78 mgSodium: 135 mgFiber: 2 gSugar: 30 g
Vitamin info is robotically calculated, so ought to solely be used as an approximation.
Recipe © 2021 Bernice Baran. Photograph © 2021 Bernice Baran. All rights reserved.
Recipe Testers’ Evaluations
The photograph for this apple cinnamon pull-apart bread recipe reeled me in. I’ve by no means made pull-apart bread earlier than however I’ve no points with tearing bread aside. This recipe required neither pulling aside nor tearing aside. As I topped the nice and cozy loaf with the luscious maple cream cheese frosting, the layers tumbled exposing the apple cinnamon centres [begging to be forked and spooned] now bathed in creamy indulgence. Whereas this can be an undesirable trait to some, it was theatrical exuberance to me. This and the comforting aromas landed this recipe on my repeat record even earlier than tasting.
I’m not going to lie, this bread takes a little bit of effort and time to finish. Don’t be discouraged, although. It’s completely price it! I used Fuji apples as I like how they maintain their form when cooked.
General, the recipe labored completely and was a pleasure to execute, to admire, and to style.
This apple cinnamon pull-apart bread is ooey-gooey good! I might barely maintain myself again from consuming the maple frosting with a spoon.
The dough rolled out actually simply (not too elastic). It was reduce into 16 fairly even squares. Whereas my bread hyped up properly within the oven to fill the pan I believe this bread could be higher if the dough was rolled out thicker and reduce into fewer squares. I’d have favored extra bread to go along with all that scrumptious filling and icing. You can sneak extra apples between the slices that approach.
Simply the scent of fresh-baked bread makes me comfortable. This can be a beautiful (versatile) dough and including apples and cinnamon and frosting…how will you go flawed?
The dough got here collectively simply, though I discovered it odd so as to add the eggs, then the milk and butter after. Sometimes most bread doughs mix all the moist substances and add them directly to the dry. Nevertheless, it nonetheless labored out simply tremendous.
All in all, it’s so scrumptious that I actually can’t cease consuming it. The icing is wonderful, though the maple syrup doesn’t add a lot taste.
This apple cinnamon pull-apart bread is like apple-strewn cinnamon rolls in bread kind. Which is to say, it was extremely fantastic to eat. It is usually fairly enjoyable to make, and it seems to be sculptural once you take it out of the oven (to not point out it smells wonderful). I knew we wouldn’t eat the entire thing in a single go, so I opted to not douse the highest in frosting, and to simply frost as we went.
