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Cinnamon Bread

Amanda Cooks & Styles
5 from 26 votes
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 3 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoon active dry yeast
  • ¼ cup granulated white sugar
  • ¼ cup butter melted
  • ½ cup water
  • ½ cup milk
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 tablespoon butter softened for brushing top of loaf/greasing bread pan

cinnamon sugar filling

  • ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
  • teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ cup brown sugar

Instructions
 

  • Heat milk and water to about 110 degrees. Be sure the liquid is warm to the touch and not hot.
  • Pour the mixture into the bowl of your mixer. Add yeast and let sit for about 10 minutes to let yeast activate. Mixture will become foamy.
  • Fit your mixer with the dough hook and turn on low speed. Add eggs, sugar, salt and butter.
  • Turn mixer speed up to medium and begin adding the flour, one cup at a time, until fully combined.
  • Remove dough from mixer bowl and place in a separate lightly oiled bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise for about 1 ½ hours, or until the dough has doubled in size.
  • For the cinnamon sugar filling: Combine sugar, ground cinnamon, ground cloves and nutmeg in a small bowl.
  • Lightly flour a large surface to roll out dough.
  • Using a lightly floured rolling pin, roll dough out into a rectangle ( about 13"x9").
  • Evenly sprinkle cinnamon sugar mixture covering the entire top of the dough all the way to the edge.
  • Now, from the short end, roll the cinnamon dough all the way up while pinching the sides closed.
  • Lightly grease a 9"x5" bread dish with butter.
  • Place cinnamon bread into the buttered dish. Cover with a clean towel and let rise for another 30-45 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees while bread rises.
  • Brush the top of the cinnamon bread with remaining 2 tablespoon melted butter.
  • Bake in the oven for 40 minutes, top will become golden.
  • Remove bread from the oven and let cool. Slice and serve with butter! Place in the toaster if you like your cinnamon bread toasted. Enjoy!
Keyword Cinnamon Bread
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