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Apple Fritter Bread is a pull apart bread made with cinnamon rolls and filled with apples! This is the perfect dessert or breakfast treat and tastes just like an apple fritter doughnut.

A close-up of sliced apple cinnamon bread topped with white icing, displayed on a metal tray with fresh green apples in the background.

Since I discovered my love of apple fritters, I’ve decided I want to make all the apple fritters. Now I’m adding Apple Fritter Bread to my collection! And it’s an EASY bread recipe; only a few ingredients needed!

This Apple Fritter Bread is a pull-apart bread made with cinnamon rolls! You can make pull apart bread from scratch or you can make it easy using canned biscuits or cinnamon rolls.

Flat lay of ingredients on a white surface: a bowl of brown sugar, a bowl of cinnamon, a measuring cup of water, a can of cinnamon rolls, and two green apples, each labeled with text.

How to make Apple Fritter Bead

  • Refrigerated Cinnamon Rolls: I made this recipe with cinnamon rolls instead of biscuits!
  • Apples: Any kind you’d like – I used Granny Smith but use your favorite.
  • I cook the apples in a bowl in the microwave for just a few minutes. You just want them to soften a bit so they finish cooking in the bread, and so there isn’t as much moisture.
  • Brown Sugar: To sweeten the apples along with cinnamon.

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Storing Apple Fritter Bread

Store leftovers loosely covered at room temperature or in the fridge for a few days. You can freeze this as well but the apples might get soggy upon thawing.

Dorothy’s Expert Tips

  • You need to spray the pan with non-stick cooking spray.
  • Use the frosting that came with the cinnamon rolls to glaze the bread!
  • If you want to use Grands Cinnamon Rolls you can, just use 1 package and cut each roll into 3 pieces instead of two. 
sliced apple fritter bread with white icing on top.

Apple Fritter Bread

3.81 from 61 votes
Apple Fritter Bread is an easy pull-apart bread recipe made with cinnamon rolls and apples. This is the perfect fall breakfast or dessert recipe.

Recipe Video

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Yield 8 servings
Serving Size 1 slice
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Ingredients
 

  • 1 tube Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls (8 count)
  • 2 Granny Smith apples, peeled and diced
  • ⅓ cup water
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray an 8×4-inch bread pan with nonstick cooking spray (I like using the kind with flour in it).
  • Open the tube of cinnamon rolls. Set aside frosting for later. Cut each roll in half horizontally.
  • Place apples and water in a microwave safe bowl. Cook 2-3 minutes on high, or until the apples have softened slightly. Drain very well.
  • Stir brown sugar and cinnamon into the apples.
  • To assemble the bread: place one slice of cinnamon roll on flat surface. Top with some of the apple mixture. Top with another cinnamon roll slice. Continue until all slices and apples are used. Carefully place in prepared pan.
  • Bake 30-40 minutes, or until cinnamon rolls are browned and bread is cooked through. Cool slightly then pour frosting over the top.
  • Store in an airtight container for up to 2 days.
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Recipe Nutrition

Serving: 1slice | Calories: 189kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 331mg | Potassium: 48mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 25IU | Vitamin C: 2.1mg | Calcium: 3mg | Iron: 0.8mg
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Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Author Dorothy Kern

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How to make Apple Bread

  • Place apples and water in a microwave safe bowl. Cook 2-3 minutes on high, or until the apples have softened slightly. Drain very well.
  • Open the tube of cinnamon rolls. Set aside frosting for later. Cut each roll in half horizontally.
  • Stir brown sugar and cinnamon into the apples.
  • To assemble the bread: place one slice of cinnamon roll on flat surface. Top with some of the apple mixture. Top with another cinnamon roll slice. Continue until all slices and apples are used. Carefully place in prepared pan.
  • Bake 30-40 minutes, or until cinnamon rolls are browned and bread is cooked through. Cool slightly then pour frosting over the top.
  • Store in an airtight container for up to 2 days.

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6 Comments

  1. Hi, I’d like to make this recipe, but the instructions do not sound very clear. Place on a flat surface? How do you set them in the pan?

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  2. What could be better than an apple fritter. Making it in a bread is awesome. I used to be addicted to apple fritters but now it is a special treat. So glad I found this

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