Swedish Apple Yeast Bread-betty Crocker Recipe Cards

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon (i used cardamom instead)
• 1 apple (i used a medium-sized rome)
• 1/2 cup raisins (recipe called for "a few". ha! )
• 1 (1/4 ounce) package active dry yeast
• 3/4 cup water (warm at 105-115 degrees)
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup flour
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/4 cup shortening (i used very soft butter)
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon (this was not in the original recipe. if you're using cinnamon above, then add this to the dough for )

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 plump 1/2 cup of raisins in either water or apple juice. set aside.
• 3 melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a 9 x 9" or 8 x 8" pan. (i used 8 x 8" with perfect results.).
• 4 mix sugar and preferred spice with a fork in a small bowl. sprinkle sugar mixture over melted butter in pan.
• 5 take a medium to large apple and cut into very thin slices. the original photo showed the apple with it's peel left on; i preferred to remove it.
• 6 arrange apple slices in rows, over the sugar mixture.
• 7 drain raisins and sprinkle over the sliced apples.
• 8 in a large bowl, stir together the package of yeast and the 3/4 cup of warm water. stir until completely dissolved.
• 9 to the yeast, add 1/4 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon salt and 1 cup of flour. beat by hand 2 minutes or until batter drops from spoon in sheets.
• 10 add and beat until smooth 1 egg, 1/4 cup of shortening (i used very soft butter), 1 1/4 cup of flour, and the extra teaspoon of spice, if you prefer.
• 11 drop batter by small spoonfuls over the apples and raisins in pan, keeping dough close to each other. cover pan and allow to rise in warm place until double; 50-60 minutes.
• 12 bake in a 375 degree oven for 30-35 minutes or until top is lightly browned.
• 13 immediately remove the bread from pan by turning it upside down over serving plate. the sugar/butter mixture provides a glaze.
• 14 allow to cool. this is nice the first day and spectacular the second!