Apple Fritter Bread

(Courtesy of Bauers Market and Garden Center)

Ingredients:
3 c. flour
1 pkg. yeast
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/4 c. water
1 egg, beaten
3/4 c. milk
1/4 c. butter
FILLING:
6 apples, peeled and diced
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1 c. brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 Tbsp. butter
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 Tbsp. cornstarch
GLAZE:
1 Tbsp. butter, softened
1 tsp. vanilla
3/4 c. powdered sugar
3 tsp. half-and-half (or milk)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease a 9x5 loaf pan.  In a skillet, cook apples, lemon juice, brown sugar, vanilla, butter, cinnamon and cornstarch until mixture is thickened.  Set aside to cool.

Heat the milk in a small saucepan until it bubbles; remove from heat.  Add the butter and stir until melted; set aside.  Put flour, yeast, brown sugar and salt in a bowl; mix well.  Add the water, egg and milk/butter mixture.  Mix until dough forms into a ball; knead for an additional 5 minutes.  On a well-floured surface, roll dough into a rectangle.  Evenly spread apple mixture over dough.

Cut dough into even squares (about 20 squares).  Carefully stack pieces of dough onto each other forming 4 piles.  Use a spatula, it makes stacking much easier.  Place piles of dough into prepared pans.

Bake 45-50 minutes, until golden brown.  Immediately remove from pan.  

Mix butter, vanilla and powdered sugar into a bowl.  Add half-and-half; stir until you get a creamy consistency.  Pour on glaze and allow to set-u for a few minutes.  Pull some apart and enjoy.