Caramelized Apple Topped Buns

Caramelized Apple topped buns, these buns are tender and moist topped with caramelized apples and then drizzled with a cinnamon icing.

Happy Friday everyone. I am so looking forward to the weekend. It should be a weekend with no plans, no rushing, and maybe a little relaxing. How is your weekend shaping up?

On to the recipe… This recipe is one that I am really excited to share. I made these caramelized apple topped buns this past weekend. It was a busy Sunday since we celebrated a couple of birthdays (See my last post). Since I knew that the whole family would be gathered around I decided to make some bread.

If you look around this blog you will see that I love to make bread, experimenting with bread recipes, and most of all eating bread. This is one of those recipes I was experimenting with and to tell the truth I could not be happier with these caramelized apple topped buns.

The idea for these buns came to me when I was paging through an old cook book that I received from my mom years ago. There is a section in the cookbook that has recipes from different countries. I was looking in the Poland section of the cookbook. I am Polish on my mom’s side. She grew up in a household where they spoke both English and Polish.

I love to hear her talk about the recipes that her mother made for them when they were kids. Homemade bread was a recipe that my grandmother made for my mom and her siblings; as well as my mom did for my siblings and I.

Well back to the cookbook… there was a recipe for Kolaches. A bun that is topped with a filling. I am not quite sure, but I believe that my mom ate these as a kid.

I decided to go with the concept of the filling on top of the bun, but I made the dough and filling that I wanted.

By the time that everyone left there was one of these caramelized apple topped buns left; and that was because Mike had set one aside for his lunch the next day.

I was able to eat one shortly after they were made. Mike and I were going to share one, but after the first bite I decided I had to keep the whole thing for myself. Tender sweet bread with caramelized apples with cinnamon icing drizzled over top; who could blame me for eating the whole thing?

Caramelized Apple Topped Buns

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Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Keyword: caramelized apple, caramelized apple topped buns

Servings: 24 rolls

Author: Dawn Yucuis

Ingredients

• 6 3/4 to 7 1/4 cups flour
• 2 packages dry yeast or 4 1/2 teaspoons
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 cup butter
• 4 ounces cream cheese
• 1 egg
• Filling-
• 2 1/2 cups finely chopped apple
• 4 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 tablespoon butter
• 2 tablespoons butter
• Icing-
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• Cream

Instructions

• In a large bowl, combine 2 cups flour, yeast, 1/2 cup sugar, salt, and cinnamon.
• In a microwave save container combine the milk, water, butter, and cream cheese. Heat to 120 to 130 degrees F. Don't worry if the butter and cream cheese don't melt.
• Add to the flour mixture along with the egg. Mix well with a wooden spoon.
• Gradually add the rest of the flour until you have a soft dough. Mix this with your hand. Knead the dough until smooth and slightly sticky to your touch. Cover and let rise for an hour or until double in size.
• Prepare the filling -
• In a skillet add the butter, 4 tablespoons of sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and apples. Cook over medium heat until the apples are softened and caramelized. Set aside.
• Once the dough is double in size, punch down the dough. Divide the dough into 24 equal parts. Roll each piece of dough and place it on a greased baking sheet. With your hand flatten the ball of dough.
• Cover and let rise for 1/2 hour. With the tips of your fingers make a well in the middle of each bun.
• Add a small scoop of caramelized apples.
• Place the buns in a preheated 375 degree F oven and bake for 12 to 14 minutes or until lightly brownded. Remove from oven and cool completely on a cooling rack.
• Drizzle with icing.
• Prepare Icing -
• Mix together the 3 cups of powdered sugar and cinnamon. Add enough cream to make the right consistency for drizzling over the cooled buns.

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