Danish Apple Plait

Name: Danish Apple Plait
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: Makes 1 Plait
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 100 g (3½ oz) marzipan; Oil for greasing; ½ tsp salt; 30 g (1 oz) light muscovado sugar; 100 g (3½ oz) strong white bread flour; 125 ml/125 g (4½ fl oz/4½ oz) apple juice, cold; 30 g (1 oz) caster (superfine) sugar; 2 tsp fast action yeast; 1 large egg; 1 egg, beaten; 1 tbsp icing (confectioners’) sugar; 1 tsp cinnamon; 200 g (7 oz) diced cooking apple, peeled and cored (1 medium cooking apple, approximately 275 g (9¾ oz) unpeeled weight); 200 g (7 oz) strong white bread flour

Preparation info

Makes
1
Plait

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 25

Appears in

The Pink Whisk Guide to Bread Making

By Ruth Clemens

Published 2013

About

This loaf is just as good eaten cold as it is warm from the oven with a generous helping of cream or custard.

Ingredients

Pre-Ferment

100 g (3½ oz) strong white bread flour
2 tsp fast action y

Method

Mix together the ingredients for the pre-ferment in a bowl. Cover it with cling film (plastic wrap) and allow to develop either in a cool kitchen or in the fridge for at least 4 hours; preferably overnight. Once developed, the pre-ferment should be bubbly and will have increased in volume.
Add the dough ingredients to the developed pre-ferment. Mix to