Soft and Fluffy Apple Ring Bread Using a Bread Machine ! - bread flour

Method

• Put all the ingredients in a bread machine and start the dough mode.
• When the dough is ready, take it out of the bread machine, punch it down and form it into a ball.
• Cover with a damp cloth and let rest for 15 minutes.
• Roll the dough into a 18 x 40 cm rectangle with the long, seam edge at the top.
• Dust with flour if it sticks.
• Spread the filling on the dough, leaving 3cm of the top edge free.
• Adding some cinnamon sugar or raisins at this point makes it really good!
• Roll it up, starting from the edge nearest you.
• Pinch the seam firmly to close and secure, or it will fall apart!
• Grease a ring pan lightly with shortening.
• Cut the roll into 8 pieces with a sharp knife.
• First,arrange pieces on the top and bottom of each side of the pan.
• Put the remaining pieces in the gaps, cover with a damp cloth and let rise for 20 minutes at 35C.
• Bake in a preheated 180C oven for 20~25 minutes.
• Check for brownness, and adjust the baking time according to your oven.
• Remove from pan and allow to cool slightly.
• Make the icing while it's cooling.
• Mix the powdered sugar with a very small amount of milk, to make a hard paste.
• Put the icing a plastic bag, cut a corner with a scissors, and pipe the icing onto the bread.
• You can also use a pastry bag.
• Piping the icing like this makes it look really cute.
• Freshly baked and so fluffy !
• Soft and moist, even the next day!
• You can put it in the microwave to heat it up and it tastes delicious.
• The powdered sugar didn't dissolve well in the icing.
• Just sprinkle on powdered sugar instead!