Brown Butter Apple Fritter Focaccia
Serves 1
Directions
- 1Brown the butter in a pan.
- 2Pour the browned butter into a bowl.
- 3Add the light brown sugar, ground cinnamon, and vanilla extract to the browned butter and mix.
- 4Peel the apples.
- 5Core the apples.
- 6Finely dice the apples.
- 7Mix 1/3 of the diced apples with half of the cinnamon filling.
- 8Line the parchment paper on the tray with melted salted butter.
- 9Transfer the focaccia dough to the tray and gently stretch it to the edges.
- 10Spread the apple and cinnamon filling over the dough.
- 11Fold the dough as seen in the video, placing one side over the other.
- 12Flip the dough over.
- 13Cover and let the dough proof at room temperature for 1-1.5 hours.
- 14Warm up the remaining cinnamon sugar butter to a drizzling consistency.
- 15Mix the warmed cinnamon sugar butter with the remaining 2/3 diced apples.
- 16Spread the mixture evenly over the top of the dough and dimple it in.
- 17Bake for 23-25 minutes at 215°C/420°F.
- 18While baking, whisk powdered sugar, milk, and a dash of vanilla extract and cinnamon for the glaze.
- 19Drizzle the glaze over the focaccia once it's out of the oven.
- 20Brush the glaze on top, sides, and bottom of the focaccia.
- 21Transfer the focaccia to a cooling rack for the glaze to harden (about 15 minutes).
Ingredients
- 0.5 cup salted butter
- 0.5 cup light brown sugar
- 1.5 Tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 0.25 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 apples
- 2 tablespoons melted salted butter
- 125 g powdered sugar
- 2 Tablespoons milk
Equipment
frying panwooden spoonbowlchopping boardvegetable peelerapple corerknifebaking trayparchment paperwhiskcooling rackbasting brush
Tips
- Browning the butter first gives more complex caramel notes to the filling, and it is worth the extra effort.
- Warm up the cinnamon sugar butter to make it drizzling consistency again, as it hardens as it cools.