Cinnamon Apple Pull-Apart Bread

This Cinnamon Apple Pull Apart Bread is made with slices of canned biscuits filled with diced apples, cinnamon and brown sugar. It’s so easy but tastes deliciously homemade!

AN EASY APPLE DESSERT

I love little dessert recipes like this Cinnamon Apple Pull Apart Bread! They’re impressive but so easy to make. It’s easy thanks to the refrigerated canned biscuits but we add a touch of homemade with the fresh apple, cinnamon and pecans.

TIPS FOR MAKING CINNAMON APPLE PULL-APART BREAD:

• Adding some dried cranberries would be really tasty.
• You can leave out the chopped pecans or switch it out with chopped walnuts or even macadamia nuts.
• Maybe add in some white chocolate chips or caramel bits.
• You could also leave out the apples and just have it has a cinnamon roll bread.

INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (SEE RECIPE CARD BELOW FOR THE FULL RECIPE)

• green apple – you can peel the apple or not. As long as it is clean, you can do it either way. It will soften up but if you don’t like apple skin at all, simply peel it.
• ground cinnamon
• sugar and light brown sugar
• vanilla extract
• refrigerated biscuits – I use the Grands homestyle biscuits but you could also use the flaky layers.
• salted butter – I prefer to use salted butter to cut the overall sweetness but if all you have is unsalted, you can use that.
• chopped pecans – this is optional. You can also use any nut you prefer.
• powdered sugar and milk – this is for the icing drizzled on top.

HOW TO MAKE CINNAMON APPLE PULL-APART BREAD:

Preheat the oven to 350F degrees. Spray a loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray. Mix together the diced apple with half the cinnamon, sugar, and brown sugar. Stir in vanilla extract. Set aside. In a separate small bowl, mix together the remaining, cinnamon, sugar, brown sugar and pecans. Set aside. Open the can of biscuits and cut each biscuit lengthwise in half, so you end up with double the amount of biscuits. 

Spread them out on a clean surface. Brush each biscuit piece with a little melted butter and sprinkle each with the cinnamon sugar pecan mixture (that you stirred together in the small bowl. Next, sprinkle on the diced apple mixture to each biscuit piece. You may not use all the diced apples or some might slip out while stacking. Those can be used on top before baking.

Stack the biscuits up in three different rows. Place them in a long row in a loaf pan.

Brush the top with a little more melted butter, then sprinkle on any remaining apples and pecans. Bake at 350F degrees for 25-30 minutes. Note: If the top is brown and baked but the inside isn’t fully baked yet, cover the loaf pan with foil and bake an additional 10-15 minutes.

Whisk together the powdered sugar, milk and vanilla extract until smooth. You may need to add more milk to get it to the thickness that you like. Drizzle the baked bread with powdered sugar icing.

Then serve!

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Originally published: November 2017
Updated photos & republished: January 2023