This Apple Pull Apart Bread with Caramel Drizzles is a delicious monkey bread recipe. It's sure to be a hit served for dessert or breakfast.
There is just something about the smell of fresh bread wafting through your house on a weekend. Add some apples, cinnamon, nutmeg and caramel sauce and it's almost sensory overload.
Notice I say "almost". To me there is no such thing as "too much of a good thing". When I make things with cinnamon and nutmeg I just want the food to practically swim in it.
Honestly, I cannot help myself. I find myself dashing on a little more spice, then a little more. Luckily my family shares my obsession with cinnamon and nutmeg.
They also share my love of caramel. Nothing screams weekend like that amber sweetness being swirled in a favourite pot on top of the stove. Sometime too much of a good thing is...well, a good thing, When you combine apples, cinnamon, nutmeg and caramel it's a great thing.
This recipe is inspired by Gotta Get Baked's Apple Pull Apart Monkey Bread. I remember falling in love awhile back so I just had to try it.
Bloggers like to tinker with recipes but I didn't change much with this recipe..
I read her notes which said she would not put apples on the bottom again and she was a tad disappointed in the texture of the dough and how moist the monkey bread was.
Her family raved about it so she was probably just being too hard on herself as us food bloggers tend to be. But for me if someone makes a note about something I like to heed their advice and make adjustments based on their opinion.
More Bread Recipes:
- Banana Coconut Sweet Bread
- Apple Rosemary Focaccia Bread
- Chocolate Hot Cross Buns
- One Hour Bread
- Momzie's Banana Bread
- Pizza Pull Apart Bread
- Whole Wheat Pumpkin Challah
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Banana Bread with Walnuts
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Apple Pull Apart Bread with Caramel Drizzle
Ingredients
For the bread portion:
For the sugar coating:
- 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
For the apple portion:
- 4 medium apples peeled then grated (I used 3 granny smith and 1 gala)
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
For the caramel:
Instructions
For the bread portion:
- Whisk the milk, water, butter and honey together in a measuring cup. Set aside.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- While it's doubling I suggest working on the caramel and grating the apples.
- Once it doubles you want to pop it onto a cutting board.
- Start dividing it into little balls.
- Pop those balls in the apple sauce first, then dunk them in the sugar coating.
- Now place them in a parchment lined tin. I used two bread tins and made two breads instead of one large one.
- Line the bottom of each pan with some sugar coating.
- Start layering your bread pieces into the pan.
- Once you have one layer toss the apple mixture over top.
- Now add another layer of bread pieces, after dunking them in applesauce and sugar coating like you did the first time.
- If there's any sugar coating left dump it over top of the bread.
- Cover the bread and let rise for another 1 to 2 hours, it should double in size.
- Pop in a pre-heated 350 F oven for about 40 minutes.
For the sugar coating:
- Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl. Set aside until needed.
For the apple portion:
- Mix all the ingredients together in a medium sized bowl and set aside until needed,
- (I would recommend doing it right before you need it so the apples don't brown)
For the caramel:
- In a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, combine the water and sugar. Stir until all the sugar dissolves.
- 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.
- Once it's amber you remove from the heat.
- Add the butter and swirl it around till it melts.
- Add the cream (it's going to bubble up, do not panic it's suppose to do this) and whisk until it's smooth.
- Add the vanilla and salt. Whisk until smooth.
- 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.
Putting it all together:
- Let bread cool a bit.
- Now pour caramel over top.
- Serve with a big old caramel apple bread smile!
Notes
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Stephanie @ Eat. Drink. Love.
Oh goodness, this looks incredible! I love that caramel drizzle!
Lane @ Supper for a Steal
Kim this sounds fantastic! I want to gobble up the whole thing right now!
Sarah
oooh wow!
Medeja
It looks so good that I don't know what else to say.. With that caramel it looks so sinfully tempting!
Maureen | Orgasmic Chef
Is it possible to look at this without drooling?
kelly @ kellybakes
whoa nelly, that caramel drizzle is out of control! Caramel apple is a timeless combo. Great tips about incorporating the apples in! I often don't get to make multiple batches of what I bake because it's just me eating so it's great when bloggers share tips 🙂
Brianne @ Cupcakes & Kale Chips
This looks amazing. And, yes, I am a huge baseball fan and your analogy totally works 🙂
Tom @ Waegook Tom
Caramel....drizzle....apple....everything about this recipe name is so right. Thanks for sharing, this looks absolutely fantastic and fully droolworthy.
Valerie @ From Valerie's Kitchen
I'm fighting a cold a drinking tons of hot beverages. Tea, coffee, you know. I think I need this to go with it!
Jennie @themessybakerblog
This post is causing me to drool all over, well, everything.
Hezzi-D
Pull apart bread is so fun but adding apples and caramel to it makes me swoon!
Bea
Oh, now that looks delicious 🙂
Kim
Iade your lasagna soup and it was awesome i saved it to my time line and its gone can you help me please and also where can i find roasted saigon cinnamon thank you
Rachael
I made this for a family game night and everyone loved it!
Kim Beaulieu
That's awesome. Happy to hear that.