Pull-Apart Bread

Pull-Apart Bread
You can never have too many bread recipes, so give Pull-Apart Bread a try. This recipe serves 12. One serving contains 233 calories, 6g of protein, and 9g of fat. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 35 minutes. Head to the store and pick up butter, gold flour, milk, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

1
Spray a 12-cup fluted tube cake pan or 10-inch angel food (tube) cake pan with the cooking spray. In a large bowl, stir 1 1/2 cups of the flour, the sugar, salt and yeast until well mixed.
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2
In a 1-quart saucepan, heat the milk and 1/4 cup butter over medium-low heat, stirring frequently, until very warm and an instant-read thermometer reads 120F to 130F.
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3
Add the milk mixture and the egg to the flour mixture. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed 1 minute, stopping frequently to scrape batter from side and bottom of bowl with a rubber spatula, until flour mixture is moistened. Beat on medium speed 3 minutes, stopping frequently to scrape bowl. With a wooden spoon, stir in enough of the remaining flour, 1 cup at a time, until dough is soft, leaves side of bowl and is easy to handle (dough may be slightly sticky).
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4
Sprinkle flour lightly on a countertop or large cutting board.
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5
Place dough on floured surface. Knead by folding dough toward you, then with the heels of your hands, pushing dough away from you with a short rocking motion. Move dough a quarter turn and repeat. Continue kneading about 5 minutes, sprinkling surface with more flour if dough starts to stick, until dough is smooth and springy.
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6
Place 1/4 cup butter in a small microwavable bowl; cover with a microwavable paper towel. Microwave on High 30 to 50 seconds or until melted.
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7
Shape the dough into 24 balls. Dip each ball of dough into the melted butter.
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8
Layer evenly in the pan. Cover bowl loosely with plastic wrap; let rise in a warm place 20 to 30 minutes or until dough has doubled in size. Dough is ready if an indentation remains when you press your fingertips about 1/2 inch into the dough.
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9
Remove plastic wrap.
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10
Move the oven rack to a low position so that tops of the pans will be in the center of the oven.
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11
Heat the oven to 350F.
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12
Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool bread in pan 2 minutes.
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13
Place a heatproof serving plate upside down on pan; holding plate and pan with pot holders, turn plate and pan over together, then remove pan.
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14
Serve bread while warm, pulling it apart with 2 forks or your fingers.
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DifficultyExpert
Ready In1 h, 35 m.
Servings12
Health Score3
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