Easy Cinnamon Bread Recipe

Easy Cinnamon Bread Recipe

Easy Cinnamon Bread Recipe

This bread is a cross between a typical baking powder-leavened quick bread and a yeast bread. The result: a cinnamon coffee cake-tasting loaf that's wonderful served plain and incredible toasted.—Taste of Home Cooking SchoolPrep: 20 min. + resting Bake: 35 min. + cooling

Yield: 12 Servings

20 35 55               Ingredients

• 3 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup warm milk (110° to 115°)
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup cinnamon baking chips
• Cinnamon-sugar

Directions

• In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, yeast, cinnamon and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together milk, butter and egg. Add milk mixture to flour mixture; beat until smooth. Cover and let rest for 1 hour.
• Stir baking powder and cinnamon chips into batter. Spoon into a greased 8-in x 4-in. loaf pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Yield: 1 loaf (12 slices).

Originally published as Easy Cinnamon Bread in Taste of Home Cooking School Collection Winter 2009, p37

Very easy, I left out the cinnamon chips & cinnamon-sugar other wise all the same. I thought it tasted very good. I would make this again. Oh the house smells so good.