I suppose one could fill this with lemon curd if desired. Another thicker fruit mixture. Or even Nutella! I chose some apple butter I had lying around in the fridge. Get out your bread machine and let it do the hard work of kneading and proofing. Enjoy!
Ingredients
2/3 cup warm water 157ml
3 tbsp white sugar 45ml
1 tsp salt 5ml
3 tbsp butter 45ml
1 tsp vanilla extract 5ml
2 cups bread flour or plain all-purpose 225g
1 1/2 tsp instant yeast 3g
1 cup apple butter 254g
Garnish: sprinkling of icing sugar aka powdered sugar
Instructions
Place ingredients in machine pan as recommended by your manufacturer. Use the dough cycle.
Be sure and look at your dough as it kneads. At about the 4-5 minute mark you may need to add a bit of flour or liquid if your mixture is too dry or too wet.
Once it has risen. Lay out in a long rectangle. About 13x8 (See my photo so you can easily estimate the length you would like.)
Place the dough on a lightly greased baking sheet. Spoon fruit or apple butter mixture down center.
Slice cuts on angle at 1" intervals. Fold the ends tight then alternate each side pulling snug and overlap. It's okay if a few spots of fruit peel through.
Cover and let rise. Approximately 45-60 minutes. Do the poke test. (See below.)
Preheat oven 375F /190C. Bake about 22-30 minutes. This crust does brown but doesn't get overly hard and edgy.
Cool on a rack. Garnish if desired with a sprinkling of icing sugar.
Susy's Tips and Tricks
Use a dollar bill to estimate size. They are about 6" wide. Or use a baking pan to give you some measurements.
You can use one of those pie filling flavours if desired. Peach, blueberry, etc. I highly recommend apple butter or perhaps pumpkin butter.
Poke test. Gently press your finger about ½ in. (1 cm) into the dough. If the dough is ready to bake, it will spring back slowly but retain a small indentation where you poked it. If no indentation forms, the dough is not ready; leave it to proof a little longer.
Remember if dough fights you as you try to roll out. Cover and set aside. Try again.
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