Looking for a simple cinnamon swirl bread recipe? This recipe is easy to make and tastes amazing. Since it makes 2 loaves of bread, eat one now and freeze the other to have homemade bread whenever you want.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword cinnamon swirl Bread
Prep Time 3 hourshours
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 16
Calories 261kcal
Ingredients
2packages (¼ ounce eacdry active yeast
1cupplus 1 tablespoon sugardivided
⅓cupwarm waterapproximately 110F degrees
1cupwhole milkwarmed to approximately 110F degrees
2eggs
6tablespoonsbuttersoftened
1teaspoonsalt
5 ½cupsbread flour
2tablespoonsground cinnamon
Instructions
In a small bowl, mix together the yeast and warm water with 1 tablespoon of the sugar. Set aside for 5 minutes until the yeast is frothy.
In a large mixing bowl, add the yeast mixture, ½ cup of the sugar, warmed milk, eggs, butter, salt, and 3 cups of the flour, then beat on medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth.
Stir in the remaining flour ½ cup at a time until a soft dough forms. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic (about 5 minutes).
Place the dough in a large greased bowl, turning once to grease the top. Cover with a clean kitchen towel and let rise in a warm place until doubled about 1-2 hours.
In a small bowl, mix the cinnamon and remaining ½ cup of sugar together. Set aside.
Punch down the dough then turn onto a lightly floured surface.
Divide the dough in half and roll each portion into an 18×8-inch rectangle. Sprinkle each rectangle evenly with the cinnamon-sugar mixture, leaving a ½ inch border around the edges with no cinnamon sugar. Roll up the dough jelly-roll style, forming an 8-inch long log.
Place the loaves in two greased 9×5 inch loaf pans, seam side down. Cover with kitchen towels and let rise in a warm place until doubled about 1-½ hours.
Bake the loaves at 350F degrees for 30 minutes, until golden brown on top.
Remove the loaves from the pans to cool on cooling racks. Slice with a bread knife and serve with softened butter.