Normandy Apple Bread

Preparation info
  • Dough Yield: About

    24

    loaves at 1.5 lb each
    • Difficulty

      Medium

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By Jeffrey Hamelman

Published 2004

  • About

It’s Quite Natural that an Apple-Growing Region such as Normandy, France, would develop a bread that incorporates apples. This dough has not only dried apples, but apple cider as well. It is a good way to use up cider that has gone slightly off. The apples should be dried in the oven at 250°F until they feel leathery. This intensifies their flavor and at the same time prevents them from releasing excess moisture into the dough. Use unpasteurized and unfiltered cider if available, for its su