A super simple from-scratch loaf perfect for the harvest-y season. This bread is cinnamon sweet, yet also classically light and fluffy. Enjoy a slice with a spread, some tea, but especially good company!
Course Appetizer, Bread, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American, Autumn
Keyword Dairy Free, vegan
Prep Time 15mins
Cook Time 55mins
Proofing Time 2hrs30mins
Servings 12
Equipment
Vitamix or Standing Mixer
Ingredients
Dough
3cupsFlour
6TBSPPlant Butter
3TBSPBrown Sugar
2.5tbspInstant Active Yeastusually 1 pack's worth
1cupof Mott's individual Unsweetened Apple Sauce
3/4cupWarm Waterplus 2 TBSP as you blend
Filling
1Apple, peeled + cut into tiny cubesI used a medium Rome apple. McIntosh works, too!
1/4cupBrown Sugar
3TBSPFlour
2tbspCinnamon
Instructions
In your Vitamix or dough-hooked standing mixer, combine yeast, brown sugar, salt and water. Pulse or blend for a few seconds before adding the rest of your dough ingredients, with the 2 tablespoons of water as aid to keep the mix evenly combined.For the Vitamix, start 'kneading' at a level 1, and while leaving the blend setting on, slowly turn the dial all the way up to Level 8 (this should take no more than 5 seconds). Turn off the blades. From there on out, mix via pulsing on a Level 3, stopping every few seconds in between until you see the dough form into a sticky, stretchy ball.
Lightly grease a large bowl. Place your dough into the bowl, cover with plastic wrap and allow it to rise undisturbed in a warm, draft-free place for 1.5 hours. Your dough ball should double in size!
While you wait for the dough to proof, combine your filing mix of brown sugar, flour and cinnamon. Peel and dice your apple, too!
Roll out your proofed dough on a floured workspace in a 9 x 18 inch rectangle. Sprinkle with your filling mix and layer apple cubes on top. Starting from the shorter side of the dough sheet, roll your creation into a tight log seam side down. Place the log into a buttered bread loaf pan. Cover with plastic wrap for the second and final proof, for 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cover loaf loosely with foil before placing in the oven. Bake for 55 minutes, removing the foil after the first 15 minutes. When ready, your bread should be light brown have a hollow sound when you gently knock on it with your fist.
Allow the bread to cool for 30 minutes before enjoying!