Name: Satisfying Cinnamon Bread
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Ingredients: 2 cups spelt flour ((or flour of choice)); 3/4 cup sugar; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon; 3/4 teaspoon salt; 1 cup buttermilk ((see helpful tips on how to make it yourself)); 2 eggs; 1/4 cup oil; 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla; 1/4 cup brown sugar; 2 teaspoon cinnamon; 3 tablespoons butter ((softened))

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This cinnamon bread recipe has just the right amount of sweetness that makes it a standout. It’s not to sweet and goes perfectly with a cup of coffee or tea.

Slices of bread on a plate along with the rest of the loaf with another plate with a piece on it

This bread is delicious both plain or toasted with a little butter spread on it. One of the things I most love about it other than it being something I can eat at breakfast AND snack, is the ribbon of cinnamon that runs through it.

Yum.

I can’t remember where I got this recipe. I want to say that my mom, Claire saw it and passed it on to me since she knew I love all things cinnamon.

Chocolate shocker

I have been making this bread for many years and one of the times I made it, I put chocolate chips in it. Let’s just say that they didn’t improve it.

Isn’t that crazy? What can’t be improved with chocolate?? I know I was shocked. Did I dislike it with the chocolate chips inside? No, I certainly didn’t, but did I love it? No. That’s what surprised me. The chips couldn’t improve what this bread is all about.

Which is the cinnamony goodness.

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Helpful tips

I like to make buttermilk instead of buying it from the store. In this recipe, I use a powdered mix but here’s another way to make it.
How to make buttermilk at home – In a cup measuring glass, pour a tablespoon of either lemon juice or white vinegar into it. Add milk up to the measuring line that denotes a cup. Stir and let the milk sit for 5 minutes. It will curdle slightly because of the acid.
I let the bread cool fully on the wire rack before cutting it as it is easier, but if you want to cut it when it’s still warm, use a serrated knife and know that it might tear or crumble.
Don’t skip the cinnamon topping. Here’s the fun part, the topping doesn’t stay on the top. It will sink into the bread and cause a slight swirl.

How to make cinnamon bread

Pre-step

Take out 3 tablespoons of butter to soften before starting the recipe.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Get a 8 cup measuring bowl and liberally grease a bread pan.

Step one

Gather the dry ingredients – flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.

Cinnamon, baking soda, flour and sugar on a wooden table

Step two

Add the ingredients to the mixing bowl.

Use either a pastry blende r or spatula to mix the dry ingredients together.

Step three

Gather the wet ingredients – buttermilk, eggs, vanilla and oil.

Dried buttermilk, eggs, vanilla and oil on the table

Step four

Make the buttermilk, see helpful tips on how. Or use store bought buttermilk.

Step five

In a separate mixing bowl, add eggs, vanilla and olive oil. Whisk the wet ingredients together until combined.

A silver bowl with the egg and milk whisked and the dry ingredients in the background

Step six

Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix it all with a spatula.

Step seven

Pour the sweet bread batter into the greased pan.

Topping

Step eight

Make the topping at this time. Get a small mixing bowl and add ¼ cup brown sugar, 2 teaspoons cinnamon and 3 tablespoons of butter. Use a pastry cutter and mix the topping ingredients together.

Step nine

Sprinkle the topping on the batter.

The batter in a bread pan with cinnamon crumbles on top

Step ten

Bake the bread for 45 minutes.

Ready

Let the bread rest in the pan for 10 minutes before you remove it from the pan and place it on a wire rack to cool.

Bread cooling on a wire rack with a white plate in the background

Let’s cut a few pieces. I want to point out that the cinnamon topping sinks making a nice swirl.

Time to plate a few pieces and eat them.

🙂

Two slices of bread on a small white plate with the rest of the bread on a bigger plate in the background

Let’s slather on some butter, shall we?

Butter on one of the pieces of bread on a plate with another piece

Yummy!

I hope you enjoyed this cinnamon bread recipe.

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And as always, may all your dishes be delish!

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