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Roasted Apple Bread
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Roasted Apple Bread

 Adapted from King Arthur Flour 
Prep Time10 hours
Cook Time1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time11 hours 30 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Servings: 1 loaf
Author: The Kitchen Prep

Ingredients

  • 2 cups peeled, chopped apples like Granny Smith or Honeycrisp
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 3 tablespoons sugar + 1 teaspoon, divided
  • 3 ¼ cups bread flour see notes
  • 1 cup white whole wheat flour see notes
  • 1 ½ teaspoons salt
  • ½ teaspoon instant yeast
  • 1 ¾ cups warm water
  • 1 cup coarsely chopped toasted walnuts or pecans

Instructions

Roast Apples

  • Preheat the oven to 425°F. Prepare a baking pan by lining with parchment paper.
  • Place chopped apples on the pan and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until just starting to become tender. Remove from the oven, set aside or store until later.

Make Bread Dough

  • In a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, combine flours and salt.
  • In a small bowl, stir yeast and 1 teaspoon sugar into warm water, and allow to sit for 5-10 minutes or until it starts to foam.
  • Pour liquid into the dry mixture, and mix until the flour has all been absorbed and a sticky dough is formed. Cover the bowl with a sheet of plastic wrap and place it in a warm, dark place to rise for about 8 hours or overnight.
  • When the dough has risen, turn it out onto a floured surface and work in the roasted apples and nuts, if using by folding and kneading into the dough.
  • Grease a large stoneware baker, crock or Dutch oven. Shape the dough into a ball and place smooth side up in the oiled dish. Cover, and let it rise for another 2 hours.
  • When the bread has risen, you may bake it directly in the crock or Dutch oven, covered, or you can transfer it to a baking stone or baking pan and bake "freeform".

Bake Bread

  • Place it in a cold oven and then set the temperature to 425°F. Bake for 45-55 minutes or until the outside is brown and crisp and the bread sounds hollow when you tap it. (If you have a baking thermometer, you'll want the middle to register to 205 degrees°F.)
  • If you used a lid for the baking vessel, remove it for the last 5-15 minutes of baking so the crust can brown.  
  • Remove from oven and allow to cool before slicing with a serrated knife.

Notes

If you do not have bread flour or white whole wheat flour, this recipe may be made with all purpose flour only.