A great Sweet and Smoked recipe for those cold Winter months!
Ingredients
You’ll need :
2 cups flour, sifted
¼ tsp salt
1 cup butter
1 cup sour cream
2 apples
3 tbsp brown sugar
2 tbsp maple syrup
Cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom and/or ground clove
Egg wash: 1 egg and ¼ cup milk whisked together
Directions
1. Mix together flour and salt
2. Cut butter into flour mixture
3. Stir in sour cream
4. Cover dough and refrigerate overnight
5. Smoke apples for 1 hour at 200°F with maple bisquettes. When finished, slice cooled smoked apples and toss in brown sugar and desired spices
6. Meanwhile, divide dough into four
7. Roll each quarter into a rectangle about 1/4” thick on a floured surface (one at a time, keeping the unrolled quarters in the fridge)
8. Cut a series of strips ½” thick through the dough on either side, leaving 2-3 inches of the centre uncut
9. Place sliced smoked apples in the uncut center portion of the dough and sprinkle the brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom and/or ground clove
10. Alternate from one side of the dough to the other, folding in the strips to form a braid, pressing the ends together to seal
11. Repeat with remaining quarters of dough
12. Place on a baking sheet covered with parchment and brush with egg wash
13. Drizzle maple syrup over braids
14. Bake for 30 minutes at 375°F
Recipe by: Lena Clayton
