Dough

• Place milk, yeast and sugar in a bowl of a stand mixer.  Stir and let stand for 5 minutes until mixture is bubbly. 
  ½ cup milk, 2 ¼ teaspoons active dry yeast, 2 Tablespoons sugar
• Add egg, butter, salt, and one cup of flour. Mix together. Gradually add remaining flour until dough forms a ball.
  1 egg, 3 Tablespoons salted butter, 1 ¾ - 2 cups flour, ¼ teaspoon salt
• Knead dough in mixer for 5 minutes.
• Remove dough and form into a ball. Place in a greased bowl. Cover and let sit until doubled in size, approximately one hour.
• When doubled, remove dough and place on a lightly floured surface.  Pat dough down and form into a rectangle.  Roll dough out into a large rectangle approximately 12 x 18 inches. 
• Grate apples and place on a clean cloth and squeeze all the juice from the apples.
  1 ½ cups grated apple, squeezed dry
• Sprinkle sugar, cinnamon and grated apples over the surface of the dough.
  ¼ cup sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• Roll dough together forming a long log. Gently pinch seam together.
• Form dough into a figure 8 and place in a greased 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• Cover and let rise for approximately 45 minutes.
• Combine egg white and water. Brush on the surface of the loaf.
  1 egg white, 1 tablespoon water
• Bake in a preheated 375°F oven for 40-45 minutes. Check at 30 minutes and if the loaf is getting too dark, tent lightly with a piece of foil.
• Remove from oven. Let cool for 5 minutes and then remove bread from pan. Continue cooling on a baking rack.
• Once bread is fully cooled, slice and enjoy!