Apple Crescent Loaf, a honeyed bread

I bought a book called Cooking with Honey and saw a recipe I wanted to try. It wasn't easy, but it honestly wasn't all that hard either. After making this once, I have thought of a few additions that would improve the recipe, and will be adding them here. And although this turns out looking like a pastry, you must remember when tasting it that it is a bread. Your eyes can fool your taste buds. And as with most honey recipes, this tastes better a day after it has been baked.
By the way, the baby was able to play on the floor, trying to crawl, throughout most of my making this recipe. It's easier now that she's over 7 months old!

Ingredients:

Yeast Dough:
1 Tbsp yeast
1 cup scalded milk, cooled to lukewarm
1/4 cup honey
3 Tbsp oil or melted butter
1/2 tsp salt
2 eggs, beaten
2 cups unbleached white flour
1 1/2 cups whole wheat graham flour
3 Tbsp melted butter
1/2 tsp cinnamon-sugar

Apple Filling:
4 apples, peeled and sliced
2 Tbsp water
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/4 cup honey, warmed slightly
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
dash of ground cloves

To scald milk, put it in a pot and cook it on medium heat until bubbles start to form around edges. Let cool in a bowl before adding the yeast; hot milk will kill the yeast. Soften the yeast in milk with 1 teaspoon of the honey in a bowl. Add the milk/yeast mixture and then stir in the two flours with a wooden spoon until most of the dry bits are formed into a dough. Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth. Roll into a ball and place dough in a lightly oiled (use cooking spray) bowl and cover for an hour.

Stew the sliced apples in 2 Tbsp water with a shake or two of cinnamon until they have softened. In another medium bowl add raisins, walnuts, cinnamon and cloves. Add the apples (drained) once they have cooked. Mix all together.

Roll the dough out into an oblong shape a maximum of 1/4 inch thick. Brush melted butter over the top.

Empty apple-raisin mix onto the dough sheet and spread around. Drizzle the warmed honey on top, then roll the dough up like a jelly roll. Place on a greased cookie sheet and pinch the ends shut, twisting the tube around into a crescent shape. Cut slits in the middle to expose the filling, then baste the rest of the melted butter on top. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.

Bake at 375 F for 25-30 minutes. Cool on a cookie rack.