Cinnamon Swirl Bread

This cinnamon swirl bread is perfect toasted for breakfast or used in French Toast!

When I was in 7th grade (way back when…)  I was so excited to take home economics.  I could hardly wait to learn all sorts of new cooking techniques.  I loved to cook even back then.  I loved reading cookbooks and planning dinners.  I hope my skills have improved since then, but I thought I was quite the chef!

My poor family had to suffer through all my creations and mistakes that I’m certain I made.  Every time I make cinnamon swirl bread, I am transported back to my middle school cooking class.

I didn’t learn how to make cinnamon swirl bread in that class.  Nope.  Nothing even close.  Much to my disappointment we learned how to measure liquids properly and how to sift and measure flour.

We also learned how to make cinnamon toast in the oven!  I remember thinking, Really!  We are buttering bread and sprinkling it with cinnamon and sugar and popping it in the oven.  Who doesn’t know how to do that?  I was quite perplexed, but I suffered through those basic techniques.

Now anytime I make any kind of bread with cinnamon, I always think about that funny class.  I’m certain I had to finish out the semester and probably even the year, but did I sign up for Home Economics II?  NOPE….I went straight into wood and metal shop!  There I learned how to use all sorts of fancy tools and made a shadow box, a plant stand, and a dust pan.  Truly useful items!  That class was amazing until my hair got caught in the fan on the belt sander.  But that’s a story for another day!

Making this dough is easy.  It’s a lot like making cinnamon rolls, but instead of cutting the dough, you plop it into a bread pan.  Easy Peasy!

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Cinnamon Swirl Bread

Prep Time

2 hrs 30 mins

Cook Time

30 mins

Total Time

3 hrs

 

Fresh bread swirled with cinnamon and sugar

Course: Bread, Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Keyword: bread recipes, cinnamon, cinnamon roll bread, cinnamon swirl bread

Servings: 2 loaves

Calories: 102 kcal

Author: Kathy

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk warmed
• 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast 1 packet
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 whole eggs
• 1/4 cup butter softened
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 1/2 -5 cups flour

Filling

• 1/4 cup butter melted
• 1 Tablespoon cinnamon
• 1/4 cup sugar

Instructions

1. Pour milk, yeast and sugar in a bowl of a stand mixer.
2. Let stand for 5 minutes until yeast is bubbly.
3. Add butter, eggs, salt and 2 cups of flour. Mix
4. Continue adding flour one cup at a time until a soft dough is formed. You might not need all the flour.
5. Knead with mixer for 5 minutes.
6. Place in greased bowl and cover with plastic wrap sprayed lightly with non stick spray or a clean, dry dish towel.
7. Let rise until doubled - 1 - 1 1/2 hours
8. Punch down dough and divide in half.

9. Roll out one half at a time. Roll each into a rectangular shape about 8 inches X 12 inches long. 

10. In a small bowl, combine cinnamon and sugar.

11. Cover rolled dough with melted butter and half cinnamon sugar mixture.

12. Roll dough into a log, pinch seams together.
13. Place in a greased bread pan.
14. Cover and let rise for 30-45 minutes.

15. Bake in a preheated 375 F. oven for 35 minutes.

16. Let cool on a rack for 5 minutes. Remove bread from pan.

17. Continue cooling on rack before slicing. 

Nutrition Facts

Cinnamon Swirl Bread

Amount Per Serving

Calories 102 Calories from Fat 72

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 8g 12%

Saturated Fat 5g 25%

Cholesterol 22mg 7%

Sodium 271mg 11%

Potassium 48mg 1%

Total Carbohydrates 6g 2%

Sugars 9g

Protein 1g 2%

Vitamin A 5.4%

Calcium 3.2%

Iron 0.6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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