This bread’s crust turned out absolutely amazing, best crust I have ever had. The crust is crunchy while the inside of the bread is soft and moist. Luke is requesting this bread as part of his lunch going forward.
Ingredients:
- Active Dry Yeast: 1 packet or 1 tbsp
- Sugar: 1 tbsp and 1/3 cup
- Warm water: 1/4 cup
- Eggs: 3
- Salt: 1 tsp
- All purpose flour: 2 cups
- Milk: 1/2 cup
- Apple sauce: 2 tbsp
- Vital Wheat gluten: 1 tbsp
Filling:
- Almond paste: 1/2 cup
- Brown sugar: 1/3 cup
- Apple sauce: 1/4 cup
Topping:
- Chopped sliced almonds: 1/3 cup
- Brown sugar: 1/3 cup
- Egg white: 1
Directions:
- Mix yeast, warm water, and 1 tbsp of sugar together and let it sit
- Warm the milk and mix in eggs, apple sauce, salt, and the rest of the sugar
- Add mixture to the yeast
- Stir in flour half cup at a time to create a dough
- Knead the dough for about 10 min until elastic, smooth, and no longer sticky
- Let the dough rise in a warm place until double in size
- Punch the dough dough and roll out in a 1/4 inch rectangle
- Spread the filling evenly on the dough and roll the dough from the short side of the rectangle
- Place the dough in a bread loaf pan and let it rise until double in size
- Brush the dough with egg white and then sprinkle the chopped almonds and brown sugar
- Bake at 350 degrees with a foil tent for 45 min, remove the tent and bake for another 10 min
