Apple Fritter Pull-Apart Bread
Apple fritter pull-apart bread is the ultimate cozy fall bake - layers of soft, pillowy dough stuffed with cinnamon-spiced apples and finished with a drizzly apple cider glaze. Pull it apart warm from the oven and watch it disappear in minutes!
Servings: 8
Calories: 532kcal
Equipment
- Stand mixer with dough hook attachment
- Large frying pan
- Rolling Pin
- Pastry brush
- Pizza Cutter
- Bench scraper optional, but helpful
Ingredients
Dough
- ¾ cup whole milk warmed to 110℉
- ¼ cup unsalted butter melted
- 1 large egg
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 2¼ teaspoon instant yeast 1 packet
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
Filling
- 3 cups finely chopped apples peeled
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- ½ cup light brown sugar packed
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ cup unsalted butter melted
Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons apple cider apple juice, milk or water
Instructions
Dough
- Add the milk, butter, egg, sugar, yeast, flour, and salt to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook attachment. Mix on low speed until shaggy, then increase the speed slightly and beat for 3-5 minutes.¾ cup whole milk , ¼ cup unsalted butter , 1 large egg, ¼ cup granulated sugar, 2¼ teaspoon instant yeast, 3 cups all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- Grab a large mixing bowl and lightly grease it with butter or oil. Turn out the dough ball into the greased bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Put in a warm-ish place to rise for about 1 hour or until doubled in size.
Apple Filling
- Heat a pan on medium low and add the apples and 1 tablespoon granulated sugar and mix. Let it cook for a few minutes until most of the liquid is released. Remove to a bowl to cool.3 cups finely chopped apples, 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- Mix together the brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon, and salt and set aside.½ cup light brown sugar, ½ cup granulated sugar, 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon, ½ teaspoon kosher salt
Rolling & Assembly
- Grease a 9x5” loaf pan and add a parchment paper sling and set aside.
- Lightly flour a clean work surface and turn the dough out. Pat it into a rectangle, then use a floured rolling pin to roll it into a 12x20” rectangle (doesn’t have to be perfect).
- Brush the melted butter onto the rolled out dough (get the whole way to the edges). Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar mixture all over the dough (the whole way to the edges), then sprinkle the apples all around.¼ cup unsalted butter
- Use a pizza cutter to cut the dough into thirds (on the short side), then into sixths (on the long side), giving you 18 rectangular pieces.
- Stack the pieces 6 at a time (a bench scraper helps with this), then transfer to the loaf pan starting on one edge, standing up on their long sides. Repeat with all of the stacked pieces, nestling them in (see step-by-step photos section for reference).
- Cover with plastic wrap or a clean kitchen towel and let rise for another 30-45 minutes until the dough has puffed up.
- Preheat the oven to 350℉ and bake for 30-35 minutes until lightly golden on top. Remove to a wire rack and cool for 15-20 minutes.
- Use the parchment paper sling to remove the bread from the pan and place on a serving platter or board.
Glaze
- Whisk together the powdered sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, and apple cider until a thick glaze forms. Drizzle over the top of the bread. Serve warm.1 cup powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ½ teaspoon vanilla extract, 2 tablespoons apple cider
Notes
Store the baked bread covered at room temperature for five days. Reheat gently in the oven until warm, or single servings in the microwave.
See the blog post FAQ for how to make it for an overnight rise.
Nutrition
Calories: 532kcal | Carbohydrates: 96g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 57mg | Sodium: 463mg | Potassium: 210mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 56g | Vitamin A: 460IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 72mg | Iron: 3mg
