Apple Pull-Apart Bread using Canned Apples
This apple pull-apart bread recipe is a cinnamon and apple lover’s delight. A smell good, tasty recipe made from homemade dough, melted butter, brown sugar, and fresh or home canned apples makes cooking from the pantry extremely easy.
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At least once a week dessert should be appointed the main meal of the day. Especially one which is homemade and contains apples, homemade butter, a farm fresh egg, organic flour, and delicious brown sugar. Technically, when served with homegrown bacon wouldn’t it be considered a meal?
So, yeah, let’s transform this apple cinnamon pull-apart bread into main meal. Well, at least for today, anyway!
Cooking from the Pantry
A typical apple bread recipe utilizes fresh apples as an ingredient, and that is okay! However, I’m not most people.
In fact, I am a sustainable homesteader who preserves foods in order to consume these items throughout the year. Which is why this recipe is made using home canned apple slices. In fact, this recipe for apple pull-apart bread can be made utilizing fresh or home canned apple slices.
Regardless, the outcome is delicious and the recipe is worth making throughout the year.
The Best Baking Apples
The following varieties of apples are excellent for both, baking and canning. These varieties are excellent in flavor and will hold their shape and texture quite.
- Jonagold
- Honey Crisp
- Fuji
- Braeburn
- Pink Lady
- Granny Smith
- Tompkins King
Canning apples is a great way to preserve the apple harvest. This method allows for the canned apples to be used in various cooking and baking recipes, much like this apple cinnamon bread recipe.
Additional Apple Recipes
Enjoy these additional apple recipes –
- Easy apple pie moonshine recipe
- Spiced apple shrub recipe
- Canning apple slices
- Apple pie popsicles
- Apple cinnamon fruit leather
- Canning apple salsa
- Apple butter recipe for canning
Apple Pull-Apart Bread
Ingredients
The Bread:
- 3/4 cup warm Milk (around 115 F)
- 1 package Active Dry Yeast
- 3 tbsp Butter, melted
- 2 tbsp Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 3 cups All-Purpose Flour
- 1 tsp Salt
The Filling:
- 3 tbsp Butter
- 1 quart jar Home Canned Apples (or 1 large fresh apple, diced)
- 2/3 cup Brown Sugar
- 1 tsp ground Cinnamon
The Glaze
- 1 cup Powdered Sugar
- 1/2 tsp ground Cinnamon
- 1 tbsp Milk
Equipment
- Small Glass Mixing Bowl
- Stand Mixer or Hand Mixer
- Medium Glass Mixing Bowl
- Pastry Mat
- Silicon Mixing Spatulas
- Cast Iron Bread Pan or 9 x 5-inch metal Bread Pan
- Plastic Wrap
- Aluminum Foil
Instructions
The Bread
- Gently stir the milk and yeast. Cover the mixture and allow it to stand at room temperature for 10 minutes.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer beat eggs and sugar. Add the melted butter and the yeast mixture, beat to combine.
- Add half of the flour and mix for 30 seconds, scraping down the sides and the bottom of the bowl. Continue to mix for an additional 3 minutes.
- Add the remaining flour, continue to knead to form a dough ball.
- Transfer the dough ball into a greased bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and let the dough rise at room temperature until it doubles in size.
The Filling
- As the dough is rising, preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Once the dough has risen, flour a pastry mat and roll out the dough into a 20 x 12-inch rectangle.
- Butter the 9 x 5-inch Cast Iron bread pan. A metal bread pan will also work..
- Strain the home canned apples very well, then cut the apple wedges (or slices) into small diced pieces, set aside.
- In a small mixing bowl combine brown sugar and cinnamon, set aside.
- Melt 3 tbsp of butter, brush the dough with melted butter. Next, sprinkle the sugar and cinnamon mixture onto the buttered dough. Evenly spread the diced apples on top.
- Using a knife or pizza cutter, cut six pieces the long way (20 x 2 inch) and stack on top of each other. Cut the stack into 6 strips. Stack the pieces, cut side up, into the bread pan. Cover once again with plastic wrap and allow to rise at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- Bake the apple pull-apart bread for 35 minutes, covering the top with foil for the last 10 minutes.
- Allow the bread to cool for 15 minutes. Once slightly cooled transfer the bread to a baker’s rack to finish cooling.
The Glaze
- In a small bowl combine the powdered sugar, cinnamon, and milk. Hand whisk until fully blended, add additional milk to create the desired consistency if needed.
- Prior to serving, drizzle the apple pull-apart bread with the glaze.
Note
Fresh apples can be used in place of home canned apples. Simply peel the skin, remove the core and slice apples into small pieces. Keep in mind, if using home canned apples to strain them very well. If not, the apple bread will take longer to bake due to the dough being extremely moist from the juices.
My Book
The Farm Girl’s Guide to Preserving the Harvest is a comprehensive book covering multiple methods for preserving foods in the comfort of your home. Learn how to safely can, dry, ferment, cure, freeze, and store foods fresh as a sustainable homesteader would. The tips, tricks, and recipes within this book will provide you the confidence and knowledge needed to own your food source.
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Apple Pull-apart Bread
This apple pull-apart bread recipe is a cinnamon and apple lover's delight. A smell good, tasty recipe made from homemade dough, melted butter, brown sugar, and fresh or home canned apples makes cooking from the pantry extremely easy.
Ingredients
The Bread
- 3/4 cup warm milk, around 115 degrees F
- 1 package active dry yeast
- 3 tbsp butter, melted
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 egg
- 3 cups unbleached all purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
The Filling
- 3 tbsp Butter
- 1 quart 1 quart jar Home Canned Apples,, or 1 large fresh apple, diced
- 2/3 cup Brown Sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
The Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tbsp milk
Instructions
The Bread
- Gently stir the milk and yeast. Cover the mixture and allow it to stand at room temperature for 10 minutes.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer beat eggs and sugar. Add the melted butter and the yeast mixture, beat to combine.
- Add half of the flour and mix for 30 seconds, scraping down the sides and the bottom of the bowl. Continue to mix for an additional 3 minutes.
- Add the remaining flour, continue to knead to form a dough ball.
- Transfer the dough ball into a greased bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and let the dough rise at room temperature until it doubles in size.
The Filling
- As the dough is rising, preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Once the dough has risen, flour a pastry mat and roll out the dough into a 20 x 12-inch rectangle.
- Butter the 9 x 5-inch Cast Iron bread pan. A metal bread pan will also work.
- Strain the home canned apples very well, then cut the apple wedges (or slices) into small diced pieces, set aside.
- In a small mixing bowl combine brown sugar and cinnamon, set aside.
- Melt 3 tbsp of butter, brush the dough with melted butter. Next, sprinkle the sugar and cinnamon mixture onto the buttered dough. Evenly spread the diced apples on top.
- Using a knife or pizza cutter, cut six pieces the long way (20 x 2 inch) and stack on top of each other. Cut the stack into 6 strips. Stack the pieces, cut side up, into the bread pan. Cover once again with plastic wrap and allow to rise at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- Bake the apple pull-apart bread for 35 minutes, covering the top with foil for the last 10 minutes.
- Allow the bread to cool for 15 minutes. Once slightly cooled transfer the bread to a baker's rack to finish cooling.
The Glaze
- In a small bowl combine the powdered sugar, cinnamon, and milk. Hand whisk until fully blended, add additional milk to create the desired consistency if needed.
- Prior to serving, drizzle the apple pull-apart bread with the glaze.
Notes
Fresh apples can be used in place of home canned apples. Simply peel the skin, remove the core and slice apples into small pieces. Keep in mind, when using home canned apples strain the liquid very well. If not, the apple bread will take longer to bake due to the dough being extremely moist from the juices.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
10 servingsServing Size:
1 gramsAmount Per Serving: Calories: 337Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 39mgSodium: 310mgCarbohydrates: 61gFiber: 2gSugar: 29gProtein: 6g
Apple cinnamon pull-apart bread is perfect for dessert, brunch, snack, or gifting. Not mention, your family will be asking for it quite regularly!
What is the weight of yeast in a packet please?