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Quick & Easy Apple Braid Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 can Pillsbury Pizza Crust
  • 6 oz cream cheese softened
  • 1/3 cup sugar for cream cheese filling
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice for cream cheese filling
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract for cream cheese filling
  • 3 apples peeled and diced for apple filling
  • 4 tablespoons butter for apple filling
  • 1/2 cup sugar for apple filling
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon for apple filling
  • 4 tablespoons water for apple filling
  • 1 cup powdered sugar for glaze
  • 3 tablespoons water for glaze
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract for glaze

Instructions

  1. To make cream cheese filling add cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice and vanilla in a bowl. Mix until ingredients are well blended. Set aside.
  2. In a medium pot add butter and melt over medium heat. Add apples, sugar, cinnamon and water. Cook over medium heat until apples are soft (about 5 minutes). Remove from heat and allow filling to cool about 3 minutes.
  3. Roll your dough into a rectangle. Make 2" diagonal cuts down the side about an inch apart.
  4. Spread the cream cheese filling down the center. Next add the apple filling on top of the cream cheese filling.
  5. Next crisscross the strips of dough over the filling to create a braided look.
  6. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes. While apple braid is in the oven make your glaze. In a bowl add the powdered sugar, water and vanilla extract. Stir and mix well. If glaze is too runny add a small amount of powered sugar until you reach desired consistency.
  7. Remove from oven and allow to cool for a 2-3 minutes. Drizzle glaze on the top of apple braid and enjoy.