Caramel Apple Sweet Rolls

Attention cinnamon roll or sweet roll addicts!!! You must try these fall-inspired caramel apple version! Yum!

Meet my new love! Caramel Apple Sweet Rolls! They are every bit as good as they sound! Their rich caramel-y goodness and sweet apple pieces will have you craving more!

Caramel apples are such a fall staple that I thought they would be good in a sweet roll! You don't need to be a professional baker to make these. Just read through my instructions and follow them carefully.

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• How to make:
• Caramel Apple Sweet Rolls

How to make:

• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (you can make these with hand beaters, too), place the ¼ cup of butter, 1 teaspoon Salt, and ¼ cup of sugar.
• In a small saucepan, scald the 1 cup of milk. To scald milk, heat the milk over medium heat high to nearly boiling. Remove from the heat and pour over the contents of the mixing bowl.
• Allow to cool to a warm but not hot temperature (a little warmer than a baby’s bath water). This takes 20-30 minutes.
• In a small bowl, dissolve the yeast and ½ teaspoon sugar in ⅓ cup warm water. Let stand until foamy. About 5 minutes.
• Pour the foamy yeast, 2 eggs, and 2 cups of flour into the mixing bowl. Mix on low just until everything is mixed together. Then beat on medium-high for 5 minutes. Don’t skimp on the time. You must beat it for 5 minutes.
• Add the remaining 1 ½ cups flour. Mix until incorporated. This is a batter dough, so the dough is going to be sticky and gooey; it will not be a ball of dough.
• Cover the dough and let rise until doubled. This will take an hour to an hour and a half.
• Punch down the dough, recover, and let rise a second time until doubled. This will only time ½ the time of the first rise.
• When nearly doubled, prepare the caramel filling by melting the ½ cup of butter and mixing in the cup and a half of brown sugar.
• Peel and chop up your apples.
• Dump the risen dough out onto a generously floured surface. Knead gently just enough so the dough is not sticky. This won’t take a lot of flour. Remember, this is a soft dough and should not be a stiff ball of dough like bread dough would be.

• Roll out into a rectangle that is roughly 20×14 inches. Spread the caramel filling over the top of the rolled-out dough.
• Evenly distribute the apple pieces over the caramel filling.
• Roll up jelly-roll style and slice into 12 one-and-a-half-inch thick slices.
• Place the slices in a 9×13 baking dish that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.

• Cover and let rise until nearly doubled and while your oven preheats to 350 degrees.
• Bake your sweet rolls in the preheated oven for 25-35 minutes.
• While they are baking, prepare the caramel icing.
• In a small pot over medium-high heat, melt the butter with the brown sugar and tablespoon of water. Bring to a low boil and simmer for 3 minutes
• Remove from the heat and whisk in the vanilla and cream. FYI, the mixture will hiss and spit at first.
• Set aside until the caramel apple sweet rolls are baked and have cooled for about 10 minutes. Then sift and whisk in enough powdered sugar to make an icing. Drizzle the caramel icing over the sweet rolls.
• Enjoy!!!

The most important tip about this recipe: The most important thing to know about this recipe is that this dough is a batter dough. That means that after you have added all the flour, the recipe calls for it is going to be gooey and sticky, like in picture 1 above. It will not be a ball of dough like a bread dough. Picture 2 is what it looks like after it has risen. Picture 3 shows what this dough looks like when you dump it onto a floured surface. As you can see, still much more sticky than bread dough. Just knead it with a little flour a couple of times and roll it out, as shown in picture 4.

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