Cinnamon Bread

I fully intended to write Saturday, and even another day after, but I've had several episodes of internet outages that prevented this. So, tonight, I finally have a chance and I thought I'd share my recipe for Cinnamon Bread.

 

As you can see from this photo, my recipe will make two loaves. Which, if your family is anything like mine, is a good thing. They will devour an entire loaf in one afternoon. This bread also makes fantastic french toast.

 5-6 cups bread flour (you can use All Purpose if that's what you have)

1 package of active dry yeast or 2 1/2 teaspoons of yeast

2 1/4 cups milk (you can use coconut milk if you have a milk allergy)

2 Tbs sugar 

3 Tbs butter or coconut oil

1 tsp sea salt

Heat up the milk until it is warm (about 110 degrees). Do not boil it. If it's too hot, you'll kill the yeast. Once it's warm, add in your butter or coconut oil and stir until melted. Add salt and sugar; stir. Add yeast and stir until dissolved. Pour the liquid into a bowl that already contains 5 cups of your flour. Mix well. You can use a mixer, like my KitchenAid, or just mix by hand. It should be pretty sticky. Add more flour, about a 1/4 cup at a time until it's starting to pull away from the sides of the bowl and not so sticky. Pour dough out onto a floured counter and knead in more flour to make a smooth, elastic ball. Then take the dough and place it into a greased bowl. Spray waxed paper or plastic wrap with non-stick spray, place over your bowl and then place a towel on top of this. Set in a warm spot and let double in size (about an hour).

When doubled, punch down. Divide in half. "Roll" out each half (I just use my hands to shape it, but you can use a rolling pin if you'd like) into a rectangle. You want it to be as wide as your loaf pan is long. Once rolled out, brush on melted butter (or coconut oil) over the entire thing. Next, sprinkle liberally a mixture of raw sugar (you can use regular if you don't have raw) and cinnamon. I don't actually measure this, but I would say about 1 cup of sugar to 1 Tbs of cinnamon. Next you'll need to roll up the bread; start on a short side. Place it in a greased loaf pan with the seam side down. Repeat for the second loaf. Cover the pans just as you did with the bowl and let double in size (about 30 mins). Bake at 350 degrees F, for about 40 minutes. Enjoy! We don't even add butter on top it's so yummy!