Apple Brie Bread with Almonds

Colder weather here means more baking and I've been baking like crazy lately.

This is a good recipe for breakfast, a nice blend of sweet and savory that is lovely with a cold glass of milk or juice--and boy does it smell nice when it's baking.

For dough:
1 cup milk
2 eggs
1/3 cup butter
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon yeast

For filling:
2 tablespoons butter, divided
4 cups diced granny smith apples
½ cup brown sugar, divided
3 tablespoons slivered almonds
4 oz brie
1 teaspoon flour

Put all the ingredients for dough in a bread machine, set on "dough" cycle. When it's finished, roll out dough in large rectangle.

Melt 1 tablespoon of butter and sauté apples over medium-high heat for 10 minutes. Add ¼ c brown sugar and cook 5 min. Remove from heat and stir in almonds.

Spoon mixture down middle of dough rectangle, cube brie and arrange along top. Make diagonal cuts along sides and braid over the filling. Let rise, then sprinkle remaining brown sugar and butter (mixed together) over top.

Cook at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

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