Perfectly Paired with Cinnamon Apple Shredded Bread
1.
First make cinnamon apples, peel the apples and remove the pits, cut them into small cubes of about 1 cm, and soak them in salt water to prevent oxidation and discoloration;
2.
Add water and sugar to the small pot, boil it over a medium-low heat until the caramel color appears, then put the butter in it. It may burn quickly in the later stage. You can turn off the heat first;
3.
Pour the apples into the caramel and boil over a medium-to-small heat;
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Until the apple softens, all the caramel is absorbed by the apple;
5.
Pour in cinnamon powder;
6.
After stirring evenly, turn off the heat and let cool for later use;
7.
Mix all the ingredients of the medium dough and knead it well, cover it with plastic wrap, and ferment in a warm place to twice its original size, about 2 hours. Then put in the main dough material except butter, knead the dough until it is smooth, put in the butter, then knead to the expansion stage, cover with plastic wrap and ferment to twice its original size in a warm place.
8.
Take out the dough, press and vent, and divide it into 2 equal parts. After rounding, cover with plastic wrap and let it stand for 15 minutes.
9.
Take a dough and roll it into a rectangle with a width of about 15 cm and a length of about 25 cm, and then spread a layer of cinnamon apple diced, leaving about 5 cm at the bottom.
10.
Roll up from top to bottom, and roll out the last part for easy fit.
11.
Use a knife to cut vertically from one end, do not cut off the head
12.
Then from the unbroken end, twist the two bread doughs together like twisting
13.
Roll up the twisted bread dough and put it in the mold
14.
Put a large cup of hot water in the oven, put the dough in the oven, take it out when the second fermentation is 1.5 times the original size, and sprinkle a handful of coarse granulated sugar on the surface of the dough
15.
Preheat the oven to 175 degrees and bake for about 35 minutes. If the surface color is too heavy, cover with tin foil.
Tips:
Sunny nagging:
1. It is normal that the medium kind of dough is slightly thinner, with small bubbles on the surface, and some sour taste;
2. The second fermentation can be completed in the oven, put a bowl of hot water to increase the temperature and humidity, it is recommended not to use the fermentation function of the oven, the temperature is higher, the natural fermentation tastes better;
3. Each oven is different, and the baking time can be adjusted according to the actual situation.