Cinnamon Sugar Pull Apart Bread

DOUGH:

2 3/4 C flour (divided)

1/4 C sugar

2 1/4 tsp yeast

1/2 tsp salt

4 T butter

1/3C milk

1/4 C water

1 tsp vanilla

2 eggs

FILLING:

1C sugar

2tsp cinnamon

4 T butter

Whisk together 2 C flour, sugar, yeast and salt. Set aside

Whisk eggs. Set aside

 In a saucepan melt together butter and milk, remove from heat.

Add water and vanilla. Let sit for 3 minutes to cool a bit.

Pour into dry ingredients and mix well. Add eggs until well combined

Add 3/4C flour and mix well. Dough will be very sticky!

Place dough in a well greased bowl, cover and let rise about 45 minutes or until doubled in size.

Punch down dough and knead in 2 T flour.

Whisk together cinnamon and sugar and set aside. 

Brown butter on stove top, set aside.

Roll out dough on well floured surface. 12x20 rectangle

spread with brown butter, sprinkle with ALL cinnamon and sugar mixture.

Cut into 6 strips length wise.

Stack strips on top of each other and then cut into 6 squares.

grease and flour a 9x5x3" bread pan.

place the squares of dough in pan like a flip book. Sprinkle with some of the left over cinnamon and sugar that fell off when you were stacking the dough

let rise 15-20 minutes

bake 350 for 35 minutes

Bread should be a dark brown on top. If you don't let it get dark brown on top the inside will still be doughy.

Let set for 20 minutes. Loosen edges with a butter knife.

***Found this recipe on pinterest and tweaked it a bit***