Glazed Cinnamon Apple Braided Bread
 
 
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Ingredients
Dough
Apple filling
  • 5-6 gala apples (or whichever you prefer - I like the tart sweetness of galas), peeled and cored
  • 3 tsp granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 dash nutmeg
  • 1-2 tbsp lemon juice (by taste)
Glaze
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 3 tbsp skim milk
Directions
  1. Cut your apples into small pieces.
  2. In a medium sized bowl, combine your apple bits, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and lemon juice. Toss to coat each piece of apple with lemon juice and sugar/spice. Set bowl aside.
  3. Roll your dough out on floured surface, making a large rectangle (roughly 16x12 inches and ¼ inch thick).
  4. Carefully transfer your rectangle to a large baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  5. Position the dough so that a short side is facing you, then using the side of your hand, gently make indentations in the dough to "divide" it into 3 equal columns, lengthwise.
  6. Carefully cut away a small piece of dough from the four corners of your rectangle (see picture above), so that you essentially get short "flaps" of dough on the top and bottom of the triangle, and two long flaps on the sides. Then, carefully slice your long side "flaps" into 1-inch long strips, starting from the indents you made earlier with your hand, and moving outwards towards the edge. (You can slice at an upward angle like I did, or just straight across). Make sure there are an equal number of strips on both sides.
  7. Drain excess juices from your bowl of apple filling.
  8. Spoon filling into the center of your dough (see picture above), leaving the top and bottom flaps clear.
  9. Fold the top and bottom flaps over your filing.
  10. Then, fold one of your top most dough strips diagonally downwards across the filing. Do the same with the strip on the other side, alternately folding left and right strips like you're braiding. Once you get to the end, the last two strips can be folded over and tucked beneath the braid.
  11. Loosely cover your completely braided bread with plastic wrap. Allow it to rise for about an hour in a warm/dry place.
  12. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  13. Bake your bread for about 35 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove it from the oven and allow it to cool on the pan.
  14. While your bread is cooling, make your glaze. In a small bowl, combine powdered sugar and milk, and stir vigorously until you get a thick, opaque liquid.
  15. Drizzle this glaze generously over the top of your apple bread. (Feel free to leave some extra for dipping.)
  16. Slice, then enjoy!
Recipe by Just Putzing Around the Kitchen at https://www.justputzing.com/2014/09/glazed-cinnamon-apple-braided-bread.html