Apple Cinnamon Bread

apple cinnamon bread on a white cutting board drizzled with frosting

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4.80 from 5 votes

A sweet Apple Cinnamon Bread that tastes like cinnamon rolls but is much less expensive and much easier to make!

Prep Time30

Cook Time25

rising time1

Total Time1 55

Course: Bread

Cuisine: American

Keyword: fall, sweet

Servings: loaf

Calories: 2483kcal

Ingredients

for the dough:

1/2 cup milk
2 Tbsp. butter
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. yeast
2 Tbsp. white granulated sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1 egg white

for the mix-ins:

1/2 cup brown sugar
2 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 cup butter softened
1/2 gala apple peeled and chopped*

for the icing:

3/4 cup powdered sugar
1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
1 Tbsp. butter melted
1 Tbsp. milk

Instructions

Add the milk and butter to a microwave safe bowl and heat on high for one minute, then set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer whisk together the yeast, sugar, salt, and a 1/2 cup of flour.
Carefully pour the milk and butter mixture into the bowl of dry ingredients, then add the egg white. Mix to combine.
Add the remaining cup of flour and knead with a dough hook for five minutes. (You can also knead this by hand.) The dough should be very soft and slightly sticky. If your dough is too sticky, add 1 Tablespoon of flour at a time until you achieve the desired result. Set the kneaded dough aside to rest for 10 minutes
Prepare your mix-ins by first peeling and chopping your apple (pieces should be cubes about the size of a dime.) Be careful not to dice the apple too small, which will result in an overcooked texture after baking. In a separate bowl, combine the brown sugar, cinnamon, and softened butter. The mixture will be thick like the texture of wet sand.
With your mix-ins prepared, return to your dough and roll it out about 1/2 - 3/4 of an inch thick. Using a pizza cutter, cut the dough into 1 inch cubes.
Begin to assemble your bread by first spraying your loaf pan with nonstick spray. Carefully place chunks of dough into the bottom until it is nearly covered in a single layer.* Sprinkle pieces of the cinnamon sugar mixture over the dough, then add a few pieces of the apple.
Repeat this layering process three or four times until you have used all of your ingredients. Your loaf pan should be filled about 1/2 - 2/3's of the way up. Allow your bread to rise for about one hour.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Allow the bread to cool in the pan for 5-10 minutes. Loosen the sides of the bread with a spatula and carefully remove from the pan.
Combine the icing ingredients in a small bowl. Drizzle over bread and enjoy!

Notes

Feel free to add more or less apples to your liking.
If there are too many holes in the initial dough layer the sugar will seep to the bottom of the pan and burn while baking, so be sure to get the first layer of dough pretty even.

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