Apple Swirls

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 125 ml milk, plus
• 2 tablespoons milk, for coating
• 100 g soft butter
• 250 g flour
• 10 g active dry yeast
• 80 g sugar, plus
• 2 tablespoons sugar, for sprinkling
• 500 g apples (preferrably sour in taste-e.g.elstar)
• 1 pinch cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 for the yeast dough heat the milk in a small saucepan at low heat. add 70 g of butter.
• 2 combine flour, dry active yeast and 30 g sugar in a bowl and mix using a whisk. add the lukewarm butter-milk-mixture. using the dough hooks knead into a smooth dough (first on low power than on highest power). takes approximately 5 minutes.
• 3 cover and set aside for 40 mins to allow the dough to rise.
• 4 for the filling peel the apples and cut into pieces of 1/2 cm.
• 5 melt 30 g butter in a saucepan. add apples, 50 g sugar and cinnamon. bring to a boil, cover and simmer for approximately 5 mins on low heat. allow to cool.
• 6 sprinkle the dough and your working surface with flour. knead dough again and roll out into a rectangel of approximately 32 by 40 cm. spread with the apple-mixture (if your apples are very moist, hold back any excess liquid). be careful to leave a rim of 2 cm on the shorter sides.
• 7 roll up the dough starting at the shorter side.
• 8 slice the roll into 8 slices. place them onto a lined baking sheet. cover, place in warm surroundings and allow to rise for 15 minutes.
• 9 spread the swirls with milk, sprinkle with sugar and bake in the preheated oven at 200 °c for 25 minutes.