Partial Ingredients

Everyday Style & Recipes. Est. 2010

Cinnamon Bread

by

I had been looking for some breakfast ideas for the weekend and thought cinnamon bread would be an easy treat to make. It turned out really good, very soft with a delicious brown sugar cinnamon flavor. I was surprised at how well it turned out because I totally messed up the recipe I was trying to follow. The recipe said to cream the butter and sugar, so I figured “sugar” meant both brown and white. Not so, because the brown sugar was supposed to be added to the cinnamon as a layer. Oops. I cut down on the sugar a lot for the cinnamon layer so I wouldn’t have a sugar coma from one slice.  I liked how it turned out so I will keep the mistake as part of the recipe. I noticed that this bread was darker, and that was probably due to the brown sugar in the batter. This bread makes a great breakfast and goes well with a cup of black tea.


Cinnamon Bread
(Makes 1 Loaf)
Printable Version

Ingredients:

  • 2 Cups Flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup butter (room temperature)
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 heaping tablespoons ground cinnamon

Directions:

  1. Mix the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
  2. Cream the butter, sugar, and 1/2 cup of the brown sugar in another bowl.
  3. Beat in the eggs, salt, vanilla and lemon zest.
  4. Mix 1/3 of the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
  5. Mix 1/2 of the buttermilk into the wet ingredients.
  6. Mix 1/3 of the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
  7. Mix the remaining buttermilk into the wet ingredients.
  8. Mix 1/3 the remaining dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
  9. Mix the 1/2 cup of the brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl.
  10. Pour 1/3 of the batter into a greased 9×5 inch loaf pan.
  11. Pour 1/3 of the cinnamon mixture on top.
  12. Pour 1/3 of the batter on top.
  13. Pour 1/3 of the cinnamon mixture on top.
  14. Pour the remaining batter on top.
  15. Pour the remaining cinnamon mixture on top.
  16. Bake in a preheated 350F oven until a toothpick pushed into the center comes out clean, about an hour.