- 12
- 25 mins
- 130 mins
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup water (warm)
- 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 eggs (room temperature)
- 1/3 cup butter (melted)
- 1/2 cup sour cream (room temperature)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 1/4 cups flour
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- 1/4 caramel sauce
- 2 large apples, cored and sliced
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
Preparation
Step 1
With Thanksgiving approaching I have been thinking about some new recipe ideas and I always like to take some time on the holiday to do a special breakfast! What's more, it's fun to use seasonal ingredients like apples and this apple cinnamon spiral bread with caramel cream cheese frosting has been running around my mind for a while now. This recipe starts out with my favourite sweet yeast dough recipe, that I use to make cinnamon buns and sticky buns, and instead of using it to make buns or rolls I use it to make one really large bun or a spiral bread that is stuffed with slices of apples. Since apples and cinnamon go well together I kept the cinnamon bun layer of cinnamon sugar in each spiral in addition to the apple slices. I enjoy cinnamon buns topped with a nice cream cheese based frosting and since apples and caramel are such a natural flavour combination I topped this apple cinnamon spiral bread with a caramel cream cheese frosting! No matter how you slice it this cinnamon spiral bread with caramel cream cheese frosting is one amazingly good combination of flavours that is perfect for breakfast this Thanksgiving!
This sweet yeast dough is so nice and moist, light and fluffy!
This apple spiral bread would also be great with the addition of walnuts and/or pecans, raisins or even bacon to the spiral layers!
directions
Mix the water, yeast and sugar into a large bowl and let it sit until foamy, about 10 minutes.
Add the sugar, eggs, butter, sour cream, vanilla, salt and 2 cups of flour and mix for 2 minutes at medium or 200 strokes by hand.
Stir in enough of the remaining flour to make a soft dough.
Place the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead the dough until smooth, about 5 minutes. (The dough should feel soft and buttery and not sticky.)
Place the dough in a greased the bowl, cover with a damp towel and let the dough rise until it has doubled in size, about 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Mix everything until smooth.
Brush the butter on the dough and sprinkle on the mixture of the sugar and cinnamon.
Bake in a 375F/190C preheated oven until lightly golden brown, about 15-20 minutes.
Caramel Sauce
ingredients
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon coarse salt (optional)
directions
Mix the sugar and water in a small sauce pan, bring to a boil over medium heat and let simmer until it turns a medium amber colour.
Remove from heat, carefully pour in the heavy cream and stir the mixture until it is smooth, returning to heat to melt and lumps that may have formed.
Stir in the butter, allow to cool for a few minutes and stir in the vanilla extract and salt if using.
: Add walnuts, pecans, raisins, bacon, etc.
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