Recipe: Tasty Braided Apple Bread

Braided Apple Bread.

You can cook Braided Apple Bread using 14 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Braided Apple Bread

1. You need 6 of large Granny Smith Apples, peeled, sliced and in a bowl.
2. Prepare of Cinnamon/ sugar mixture for apples, filling, and topping.
3. It's 1 cup of sugar.
4. It's 2 tablespoon of cinnamon.
5. It's of Bread.
6. It's 1/2 cup of warm water.
7. You need 4 1/2 teaspoons of active dry yeast.
8. Prepare 4 of eggs.
9. You need 3/4 cup of sugar.
10. Prepare 1/2 cup of sour cream.
11. It's 1 1/2 sticks of unsalted melted butter.
12. Prepare 1 teaspoon of salt.
13. It's 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract.
14. Prepare 5 cups of all purpose flour or bread flour, plus extra flour at hand for rolling and adding to dough if too sticky.

Braided Apple Bread step by step

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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