3 king cake apple filling Recipes

butter, granny smith apples, peeled, cored, quartered and sliced crosswise into 1/4-inch slices (tart apples work best), dark brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, raisins (see plumping instrustions in description), pecan pieces, toasted and chopped, cream cheese, vanilla extract, salt, sugar, beaten egg (save the other half egg to make the egg wash for the cake), cream cheese (1/4 of an 8-oz package), butter, at room temperature (1/2 stick), vanilla extract, salt, powdered sugar , sifted, milk, divided, active dry yeast, sugar, divided, eggs , egg (use the remaining half egg leftover from the cream cheese filling), beaten egg, divided (use the remaining half egg leftover from the cream cheese filling), butter, at room temperature (1 stick plus 2 tablespoons), bread flour, plus more for dusting (15.75 oz), salt, apple, filling (recipe included), cream cheese, filling (recipe included), cream cheese glaze (recipe included), colored sugar sprinkle , for decorating (purple, green and yellow )

butter, softened, brown sugar, egg, king arthur unbleached all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, seedless raspberry jam, apple pie filling, sugar, divided, ground cinnamon, sour cream, vanilla extract