Apple Cinnamon Chop Bread

Ingredients

Instructions

----1 Loaf frozen sweet bread -dough half c Sugar half ts Cinnamon 3 lg Golden Delicious Apples; -peel, core, slice Thaw dough at room temperature for 2 hours on a cutting board lightly sprayed with vegetable oil, or until thawed. Pat into a 25 cm circle on cutting board. Cover with a cloth and let rise for about 1 hour, or in an air-conditioned house for 2 hours, or until doubled in bulk. Dough may be thawed overnight in fridge in a bowl lightly coated with veg oil spray. Pat into a 25 cm circle and continue with recipe. Toss apples with sugar and cinnamon and let stand 30 minutes. When dough has risen remove apple mixture from bowl with a slotted spoon, leaving juices. Pile onto dough. Draw dough up around apples. With a large, sharp knife, slice bundle about 5 or 6 times across, then 5 or 6 times in the other direction. With knife, gently mix by lifting dough and apples from bottom and piling on top. The dough pieces should be about 5 cm square. With a spatula, gently mound mixture on a lightly greased baking sheet, reshaping into a circle and making sure most of the filling touches the dough. Bake at 180ºC for 30 minutes, or until puffy and brown. Remove from oven and let stand 10 minutes before removing from baking sheet. To reheat, bake at 180ºC for 5 to 10 minutes, or until heated through.