I love these days right before Christmas, when our packages are mailed off (most of 'em, at least...) and I can decorate the cookies I've already baked and we can enjoy the treats friends have given to us, and relax a little. My neighbor Lisa trudged through the snow drifts this morning to bring over a beautiful tray of cookies. I had bread dough rising and decided to use some of it to bake apple bread rolls to take over to her. They're just out of the oven, and I tried one; they're nice-- not too sweet. I ended up with enough to make a couple of gift plates of a half dozen or so.To make the rolls, roll out yeast dough on a well-floured piece of waxed paper, then brush with melted butter. Peel and dice an apple and combine the pieces in a bowl with some finely chopped walnuts, a tablespoon of cinnamon and two tablespoons granulated sugar. Spread this evenly over the bread dough, and rolled it up tight. Use a sharp serrated knife to cut into 1-1/2 inch slices. Space these evenly on a parchment-lined cookie sheet. In a small bowl, combine 2 tablespoons melted butter with about 1/4 cup brown sugar. Sprinkle this over the top of the rolls and bake at 350 degrees in a convection oven for 20 minutes. (In a conventional oven, adjust heat to 375 degrees.) Cool on wire rack until ready to package up and deliver to the neighbors.
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