Braided Apple Bread
Braided Apple Bread

Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, braided apple bread. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have braided apple bread using 14 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Braided Apple Bread:
  1. Take 6 large Granny Smith Apples, peeled, sliced and in a bowl
  2. Take Cinnamon/ sugar mixture for apples, filling, and topping
  3. Take 1 cup sugar
  4. Get 2 tablespoon cinnamon
  5. Make ready Bread
  6. Prepare 1/2 cup warm water
  7. Prepare 4 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
  8. Make ready 4 eggs
  9. Prepare 3/4 cup sugar
  10. Prepare 1/2 cup sour cream
  11. Take 1 1/2 sticks unsalted melted butter
  12. Prepare 1 teaspoon salt
  13. Make ready 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  14. Take 5 cups all purpose flour or bread flour, plus extra flour at hand for rolling and adding to dough if too sticky
Instructions to make Braided Apple Bread:
  1. In small bowl, mix together 1 cup sugar and cinnamon and set aside.
  2. Sprinkle yeast into warm water and let stand until dissolved and bubbles form.
  3. In large mixing bowl or electric mixer bowl, beat eggs until light.
  4. Gradually, beat in sugar, salt, vanilla, sour cream and butter.
  5. Add 2 cups flour and beat 5 minutes.
  6. Beat in remaining flour until dough ball forms. Add more flour if necessary.
  7. Turn dough out onto a floured surface and knead for 5 minutes and dough is elastic.
  8. Place dough in a greased bowl and butter top lightly. Cover bowl with clean towel and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size.
  9. In bowl, punch dough down, then place on floured surface.
  10. Use a rolling pin to roll dough into a 10"x 15" rectangle.
  11. With knife or pizza cutter, score the rectangle into thirds lengthwise, then cut diagonal strips on both sides.
  12. Lay apple slices sprinkled with sugar mixture down the middle.
  13. Begin braiding the bread by overlapping sides onto each other down the middle. Pinch ends to form a seal.
  14. Brush top of bread with butter (you can use beaten egg whites or milk).
  15. Sprinkle top with more cinnamon sugar mixture.
  16. Bake bread at 350˚ for 30 minutes. When baked, cool for 10 minutes, then remove bread and place on cookie rack to finish cooling (don't want a soggy bottom).

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