Cinnamon Swirl Bread

Hi All

 Sorry its been so long since my last post! Unfortunately I've been computer-less for the last seven weeks while HP have fixed it!  So I'll be playing catch up with my posts for the next few weeks!

Cinnamon Swirl Bread,

I remember Grandma baking this bread, it was a family favorite! Its fantastic toasted with butter and every now and then she'd add a handlful or two of sultanas or choco chips!

Cinnamon Swirl Bread

Ingredients:

BREAD:

1 Tablespoon butter

1/2 cup milk

2 Tablespoons granulated white sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 envelope active dry yeast

3/4 cup warm water

3 cups all-purpose flour, divided + more for surface work

FILLING:

2 Tablespoons butter, softened

1 Tablespoon brown sugar

1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon

Directions:

1. In a microwavable up, heat butter and warm milk in short bursts; stir together until butter is melted.

2. In a large bowl, stir sugar, salt and cinnamon. Pour warm butter/milk mixture into the bowl; stir.

3. In a glass measuring cup or small bowl, mix yeast and warm water until yeast is dissolved; pour into the bowl and stir.

4. Mix in 2 1/2 cups flour. Turn out dough onto a floured board (dough will be sticky). Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup of flour onto the dough and knead until the dough is soft and smooth (4 to 5 minutes). Add additional sprinkles of flour, if needed.

5. Put dough into a greased bowl; turn the dough over so the top of the dough is greased too. Cover with a clean dish towel and let rise in a warm place for about 60 minutes, or until doubled in size (see tips below...)

6. Punch down the dough in the bowl with your fist. Turn dough onto a floured surface and knead for about 1 minute.

7. Roll dough out into a basic rectangular shape. Use a butter knife or your clean fingers to spread 2 Tablespoons softened butter on the surface of the rolled out dough. In a small bowl, mix white sugar, brown sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle this mixture on top of the butter.

 

8. Roll up dough and form into a loaf. Place into a buttered 5x9-inch bread pan, seam side down. Cover with a clean dish towel and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 30 minutes.

9. Preheat oven to 180 degrees celcuis

10. Score risen dough in the pan by cutting 3 slashes diagonally across the top of the loaf with a sharp knife. Bake bread for 35 to 45 minutes, or until golden brown. Fully baked bread should sound hollow when tapped.

fantastic when used to make french toast!


The smell of this bread cooking is amazing and it almost had my flatmates drooling while it was baking! "is it ready yet?" was heard for about 2 hours, it truely is amazing though and i have to admit that it was all gone by that afternoon  by the time we had all had our taste testers and snuck back  to have some more as a treats! It didn't turn out quite like grandmas but it was still pretty amazing!

Go on get your aprons on and give it a go! its dead easy!

Over and out  =)