Apple Pull Apart Bread with Caramel Drizzle

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 cup whole milk

  warm
• ⅓ cup water

  warm
• ¼ cup butter

  melted and cooled
• 4 tablespoons honey
• 3 ¾ cups flour

  divided (I used AP, original calls for Bread Flour)
• 1 envelope of quick rise yeast
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• ½ cup apple sauce

  butter or vegetable oil work well too
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoon nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 4 medium apples

  peeled then grated (I used 3 granny smith and 1 gala)
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• ½ cup warm water
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter
• ½ cup heavy cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 pinch salt

Instructions

• 1 Whisk the milk, water, butter and honey together in a measuring cup. Set aside.
• 2 In your stand mixer with dough hook attachment combine 3 ½ cups of the flour,
  the yeast and the salt. Turn mixer on low and slowly add the wet ingredients.
• 3 Once it comes together nicely increase the speed to a medium setting and let it
  knead the dough until it's smooth and elastic. You can add more flour as needed.
  I used all the flour. The dough should pull away nicely from the sides of the
  bowl when it's ready.
• 4 Turn off mixer and remove the hook. Place dough on a lightly floured surface and
  knead for a minute or two until it forms a ball.
• 5 Pop the dough in a well oiled bowl (I use non stick spray) and cover. Let stand
  in a warm area for about 1 ½ to 2 hours, it should double in size.
• 6 While it's doubling I suggest working on the caramel and grating the apples.
• 7 Once it doubles you want to pop it onto a cutting board.
• 8 Start dividing it into little balls.
• 9 Pop those balls in the apple sauce first, then dunk them in the sugar coating.
• 10 Now place them in a parchment lined tin. I used two bread tins and made two
  breads instead of one large one.
• 11 Line the bottom of each pan with some sugar coating.
• 12 Start layering your bread pieces into the pan.
• 13 Once you have one layer toss the apple mixture over top.
• 14 Now add another layer of bread pieces, after dunking them in applesauce and
  sugar coating like you did the first time.
• 15 If there's any sugar coating left dump it over top of the bread.
• 16 Cover the bread and let rise for another 1 to 2 hours, it should double in size.
• 17 Pop in a pre-heated 350 F oven for about 40 minutes.
• 18 Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl. Set aside until needed.
• 19 Mix all the ingredients together in a medium sized bowl and set aside until
  needed,
• 20 (I would recommend doing it right before you need it so the apples don't brown)
• 21 In a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, combine the water and sugar. Stir
  until all the sugar dissolves.
• 22 Now it's a waiting game. Let it cook over medium heat and do not stir. You want
  to wait until it turns amber. It takes awhile. You can swirl it lightly by sort
  of swishing the pan around lightly but do not stir it.
• 23 Once it's amber you remove from the heat.
• 24 Add the butter and swirl it around till it melts.
• 25 Add the cream (it's going to bubble up, do not panic it's suppose to do this)
  and whisk until it's smooth.
• 26 Add the vanilla and salt. Whisk until smooth.
• 27 Pour into a jar or container and let cool off for a bit. You want it soft enough
  to pour over the bread but not hard so it won't pour.
• 28 Let bread cool a bit.
• 29 Now pour caramel over top.
• 30 Serve with a big old caramel apple bread smile!

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