Pull-Apart Apple Bread

If there was a way to make Thanksgiving anymore unhealthy, leave it to me to find it. :)

My husband and I used to have a tradition on Thanksgiving morning of getting up and heading to our local Dominick's grocery store to buy freshly made pecan cinnamon rolls from their bakery. Jason would bring them home and we would sit down with our coffee and cinnamon rolls to watch the Macy's parade.

Unfortunately Dominick's stopped making those pecan cinnamon rolls and we couldn't find a suitable alternative. So for the past few years I've tried out a bunch of different breakfast pastry recipes to make at home instead. Sure there are lots of normal cinnamon roll recipes out there but that's boring. So when I ran across this Pull-Apart Apple Bread on Pinterest I decided to give it a try. I want to of course give credit where credit is due on this one. The picture on Pinterest was linked back to another food blog called "Cooking with Chopin, Living with Elmo". Cute name. :)

I followed the recipe exactly and it came out very tasty and very pretty! Everyone in my family liked it, even my picky 2 yr old. Its definitely full of apples, you get some in every bite. If you're looking for more of a cinnamon roll taste I would alternate pieces of the rolled up biscuits by putting apple in some and leaving others plain. The frosting as written calls for almond extract. I had no problem with that because I LOVE almond extract. You could easily substitute vanilla or 1-2 tsps of cinnamon instead for a different flavor.

~Wendy

Pull-Apart Apple Bread

Recipe Type: Breakfast

Author: Cooking with Chopin, Living with Elmo

Prep time: 20 mins

Cook time: 45 mins

Total time: 1 hour 5 mins

Serves: 8

Ingredients

• Bread


• 16 Rhodes™ Dinner Rolls, thawed (or use your own dough recipe)


• 3 medium size Granny Smith apples, peeled and chopped


• 1/3 cup brown sugar


• 1/2 cup chopped pecans


• 1 teaspoon cinnamon


• Zest and juice from half a lemon (about 2 teaspoons of juice)


• Icing


• 1 cup powdered sugar


• 3-4 teaspoons water


• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla


• 1/2 teaspoon almond flavoring

Instructions

1. Cut thawed rolls in half.


2. Combine apples, sugar, nuts, cinnamon, and lemon juice and zest.


3. Flatten each roll half into a 2-3-inch circle. Place 1 teaspoon apple mixture in center of each dough circle. Pinch edges together to seal, forming a ball.


4. Place filled balls in a sprayed 9x5-inch loaf pan.


5. Spoon remaining apple mixture evenly over the top. Cover with greased plastic wrap and let rise until double.


6. Remove wrap and bake at 350°F 40-45 minutes. Cover with foil last 10 minutes of baking to prevent over browning.


7. Cool for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and place on wire rack to cool.


8. Combine icing ingredients and drizzle over loaf.

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