A sweet dairy dough is rolled thin and spread with a brown sugar cinnamon butter, then stacked up for a fun pull-apart loaf of deliciousness!
Ingredients
For the Dough:
1/3cupmilk
1/4cupunsalted butter
1/4cupcold water
1/4cupsugar
2.25tspinstant quick rise yeast
1.5tspvanilla extract
2extra large eggs
15ozall purpose flour, by weight(3 cups, if measuring)
For the filling:
1/2cuppacked dark brown sugar
2.5tbspground cinnamon
1/4cupunsalted buttersoftened
pinch of salt
Instructions
To make the dough, heat the milk and butter together until the butter melts in a saucepan or the microwave. Add the cold water, then let the mixture cool to 115 degrees F on an instant read thermometer. Pour the mixture into the bowl of a stand mixer, and add the sugar, yeast, vanilla, and eggs. Use the paddle attachment to combine, at medium speed. Slowly add in the flour. Change to the dough hook, then knead in the stand mixer for 5-8 minutes, until the dough is smooth.
Grease a large bowl with butter or oil, and transfer the dough to the greased bowl. Cover and let rise until doubled, about an hour and a half.
In the meantime, prepare the filling by mixing together the brown sugar, cinnamon, butter, and salt.
Remove the dough and use your hands to redistribute the yeast and move the dough around. Try not to deflate it too much.
Lightly flour your countertop, and roll the dough out into a 12×20 inch rectangle. Spread the filling all over the rectangle, then cut the dough into 5 12×4 strips. Stack them up on top of each other, then cut each strip stack into four equal pieces. Stack these pieces up on top of each other as well.
Grease a standard loaf pan with butter, and place the pieces into the loaf pan. Wait 1-2 hours until they puff up.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Bake the dough for 30 minutes (you can check to make sure it’s done by peeking in with a fork). Top with icing if desired, and enjoy!