Pull-Apart Apple Bread Recipe

Pull-Apart Apple Bread Recipe

Soft, Pull it Apart, Apple Bread

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Reviewed by Arturs Arnicans
Prep Time: 3h 5m
Cook Time: 30m
Total Time: 3h 55m
Temp.: 350 °F
Servings: 10
Difficulty: Easy
4.8 (25 Reviews)
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Ingredients

Adjust servings:

For the Bread Dough Ingredients:

For the Apple Filling Ingredients:

For the Glaze Ingredients:

Nutritional Information

465
Calories
21g
Fat
87mg
Cholesterol
28mg
Sodium
61g
Carbohydrates
7g
Protein
Pull-Apart Apple Bread Recipe

Recipe Description

This Pull-Apart Apple Bread Recipe is one of my favorite winter and fall breads to make. It falls apart to touch with a soft and moist bread dough filled with a sweet cinnamon and vanilla, apples and melted butter center that melts in your mouth with every bite.

Glaze the top with a buttery-sugar and vanilla powder to add some finesse and decor to your table.

To make Pull-Apart Apple Bread Recipe, you will need the following ingredients:

Ingredients for Pull-Apart Apple Bread Recipe

Steps to make

  1. 1

    Preheat oven and prepare baking sheet

    2 min
    Step 1 - Pull-Apart Apple Bread Recipe

    Preheat oven to 350 °F and line a bread pan with baking parchment paper and grease with butter or nonstick spray.

  2. 2

    Combine wet ingredients

    10 min
    Step 2 - Pull-Apart Apple Bread RecipeStep 2 - Pull-Apart Apple Bread Recipe

    In a small saucepan, add butter, milk, water and sugar and stir to mix. Cook while stirring until milk becomes warm and butter is melted. Allow to cool to touch.

  3. 3

    Add flour, eggs and milk

    5 min
    Step 3 - Pull-Apart Apple Bread Recipe

    In a large mixing bowl, place flour and make a well in the center. Add eggs and warm milk into the center and stir a few times to combine eggs and milk.

  4. 4

    Add yeast

    5 min
    Step 4 - Pull-Apart Apple Bread RecipeStep 4 - Pull-Apart Apple Bread Recipe

    Sprinkle yeast over eggs and milk and cover the bowl with a tea towel. Set aside for about 5 minutes until yeast is activated and becomes foamy.

  5. 5

    Prepare dough

    10 min
    Step 5 - Pull-Apart Apple Bread Recipe

    Once yeast is ready, fold flour into the wet ingredients until a soft and pliable dough forms. If dough is sticky, add 1 tablespoon flour, as needed, until dough becomes soft.

  6. 6

    Rise

    60 min
    Step 6 - Pull-Apart Apple Bread RecipeStep 6 - Pull-Apart Apple Bread Recipe

    Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and set aside, at room temperature, for 1 hour to rise.

  7. 7

    Prepare bread

    5 min
    Step 7 - Pull-Apart Apple Bread Recipe

    Once risen, transfer to a generously floured surface. Sprinkle a bit of flour over the dough and roll out into an 18x20-inch rectangle.

  8. 8

    Combine butter and vanilla for filling

    5 min
    Step 8 - Pull-Apart Apple Bread Recipe

    In a small mixing bowl, beat butter and vanilla until combined. Spread generously and evenly over the rectangular-shaped dough.

  9. 9

    Add apples

    5 min
    Step 9 - Pull-Apart Apple Bread Recipe

    Spread apples over the vanilla butter.

  10. 10

    Combine cinnamon and sugar

    3 min
    Step 10 - Pull-Apart Apple Bread Recipe

    In a small mixing bowl, combine cinnamon and sugar and sprinkle over the apples.

  11. 11

    Cut and prepare bread

    10 min
    Step 11 - Pull-Apart Apple Bread RecipeStep 11 - Pull-Apart Apple Bread Recipe

    Cut dough into 5 equal strips and then into equal-sized squares. Loosely stack the squares, on their sides, into the prepared bread pan.

  12. 12

    Second rise

    30 min
    Step 12 - Pull-Apart Apple Bread Recipe

    Cover the bread pan with a tea towel and set aside for 30 minutes to rise.

  13. 13

    Bake

    30 min
    Step 13 - Pull-Apart Apple Bread Recipe

    Uncover and bake in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes until golden.

  14. 14

    Cool

    30 min
    Step 14 - Pull-Apart Apple Bread Recipe

    Remove from the bread pan and transfer to a wire rack to cool before glazing.

  15. 15

    Prepare glaze

    5 min
    Step 15 - Pull-Apart Apple Bread Recipe

    In a small saucepan over medium-high heat, stir butter, sugar and vanilla until combined and bring to a low boil.

  16. 16

    Add cream

    10 min
    Step 16 - Pull-Apart Apple Bread Recipe

    Stir in the heavy whipping cream until combined then remove from heat. Set aside to cool.

  17. 17

    Glaze bread

    5 min
    Step 17 - Pull-Apart Apple Bread Recipe

    Once completely cooled, add the powdered sugar, stir and leave to thicken. Drizzle the thickened glaze over the top.

  18. 18

    Serve

    2 min
    Step 18 - Pull-Apart Apple Bread Recipe

    Pull it apart, serve and enjoy!

I love sharing my recipes and was really excited about this Pull-Apart Apple Bread Recipe. It bakes a really impressive sweet and soft bread that everyone will love. Let us know how your baking experience goes and tag #cookmerecipes in your own pictures and posts online!

About the author

Lilly Mathuse

Lilly is an enthusiastic and cheerful young mom. She knows as well as any parent that children can be really picky when it comes to food. And she’s had plenty of experience trying to cook meals that are both tasty and nutritious, and able to satisfy the tastes of a fussy kid right away! To save you some precious time, Lilly's going to share with you all the tricks she learned the hard way, so you don’t have to! She has a wealth of recipes for quick and easy meals for kids and families on a budget.

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