Cinnabon Pull Apart Bread
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The inside of a cinnamon roll baked into bread that can be pulled apart and enjoyed instantly! Great for brunches or dessert.
Ingredients
  • For the Bread Dough
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • ⅓ cup water
  • 2 tbsp melted butter
  • 3½ tbsp honey
  • 3½ cups bread flour
  • 2¼ tsp instant or rapid-rise yeast (usually a packet)
  • 1½ tsp salt
  • For Filling:
  • ¾ cup brown sugar (dark preferably)
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • 3 tsp cinnamon
  • ⅛ tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp melted butter
  • For the Glaze/Dipping Sauce (Optional)
  • 3 tbsp cream cheese, softened
  • 3 tbsp buttermilk
  • ½ cup confectioners sugar (or more to taste)
Instructions
  1. For the Bread (Follow buttermilk loaf recipe until after first rise which I have copied below)
  2. Before you begin make sure to put your oven rack on the lowest notch and turn oven on to 200 degrees. Place an overturned baking sheet or baking stone if you have one on the rack. Once oven reaches 200 degrees turn it off. This makes the perfect home for rising dough.
  3. Take your buttermilk and water and heat to about 110-115 degrees in a small bowl. if you don't have a thermometer just do a finger check. Is it a comfortable hot tub temperature? Not too warm, not too hot. Jussssst right.
  4. Add your melted butter & honey to the heated liquid and whisk until fully mixed together. Set aside.
  5. Next in your stand mixer using the dough hook, mix together the bread flour, yeast & salt on a low speed. Gradually add your warmed wet mixture, bring the dough together about a minute or two and then increase speed to medium until dough is completely smooth for about another eight minutes.
  6. Once dough has come together, lightly flour your counter space and knead the dough by hand until you form a ball. Place the dough in a large greased bowl and cover bowl tightly with saran wrap (plastic). Place the dough bowl in the warmed oven (THAT IS OFF) and let it double in size for about an hour. Remove.
  7. Now for Cinnabon Pull Apart Bread:
  8. Preheat oven to 425 and grease a 9x5 loaf pan.
  9. Take your dough that has already risen once and let chill in fridge for about 20-30 minutes (will make it much easier to roll, slice and pile)
  10. Next take your chilled dough roll out about 22 inches by 10 inches.
  11. In a small bowl mix your filling together and then pour on top of rolled out dough. Spread mixture almost all the way to ends evenly over surface.
  12. Next lengthwise (cutting in long strips) cut 5 strips.
  13. Pile strips on top of each other (This will be messy) and then cut width wise about 6 squares.
  14. Take your very greased up loaf pan and fill with 6 dough squares, edges up so it looks like a flip book. See picture for reference.
  15. Let rise again for about 20 minutes and then place in oven for 22-24minutes.
  16. While bread is baking make your dipping sauce.
  17. Add softened cream cheese, buttermilk to a heat proof bowl and whisk until it blends together. You might need to heat it a little in microwave to help it blend better. I did. Then sift in powdered sugar and whisk until glaze forms. Set aside.
  18. Once bread is done baking remove from oven and let cool for about 5 minutes.
  19. Run a knife around edges to loosen bread up. Place dishcloth over top of bread and flip over lightly shaking or tapping loaf pan until bread falls onto dishcloth. Take dishcloth and holding both ends of bread squeeze together and flip over onto serving plate. You might need to line the bread back up a little, but it will stay up since the brown sugar mixture works as a glue.
  20. Drizzle glaze on top and serve. Or dip into glaze!
Recipe by My Lavender Blues at https://mylavenderblues.com/cinnabon-pull-apart-bread/