Apple Cinnamon Chop Bread

Ingredients

Instructions

----1 Loaf frozen sweet bread -dough 1/2 c Sugar 1/2 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 10 inch 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 10" 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 2 inches 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 350~ 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 350~ for 5 to 10 minutes, or until heated through.