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Cinnamon Pull Apart Bread

Ingredients

  • Dough
  • 4-41/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tbsp rapid rise yeast
  • 1-1/2 tsp salt
  • ¾ cup cool water
  • 2/3 cup milk
  • 4 tbsp unsalted butter - diced
  • Filling
  • ¼ cup butter - melted
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 3 tsp ground cinnamon
  • Glaze
  • ½ cup confectioners sugar
  • 1-2 tbsp milk

Instructions

  • Dough
  • Preheat oven to 180 degrees
  • In your mixer bowl, whisk sugar, yeast, salt & 4 cups of flour
  • In a separate medium bowl, combine water, milk & butter
  • Heat in microwave about 1 minute or until it reaches approx 115 degrees (any hotter & you will kill your yeast)
  • Pour into dry mixture & use dough hook to knead 3-4 minutes or until smooth & elastic (add more flour if necessary)
  • Cover tightly with plastic & let rest about 5 minutes
  • Spray loaf pan with cooking spray- set aside
  • Drop rested dough on lightly floured surface & press & shape into a large rectangle
  • Melt butter for filling & brush on your dough
  • In a small bowl combine cinnamon & sugar & sprinkle evenly over buttered dough
  • Cut dough lengthwise into 4 large strips & stack each strip on top of each other
  • Cut into squares & loosely place on end in loaf pan
  • Sprinkle any remaining cinnamon & sugar you may have over the top
  • Place in your 180 degree oven- turn oven off & allow to rise for 20 minutes (don't open door)
  • Remove after 20 minutes & preheat oven to 375 degrees
  • Bake 25 -30 minutes or until deep golden brown
  • Remove & allow to cool in pan while you make your glaze
  • For glaze
  • Combine milk & confectioners sugar in small bowl & whisk to combine
  • Drizzle over baked bread & enjoy!