

It’s up to you and it tastes great either way. For thicker softer rolls in the bread, roll thicker. For more tight rolls in the bread, roll the dough thinner. Divide the dough in half and punch it down. Cover the bowl with a damp towel and let the dough rise in a warm place for 1 hour. Place the dough in a lightly oiled bowl and brush the top with a little extra oil (I typically just use olive oil for this).Flour a table or work surface and knead the bread for 5-10 minutes. Mix by hand, adding more flour as necessary until the dough forms a large, soft ball. Let it sit until creamy, about 5 minutes. Mix the 2 tablespoons sugar with the warm water in a very large bowl.Now imagine I’m blasting that sweet cinnamon smell out of the computer screen and into your face. Even if you are a little bit weird and have no interest in eating bread, or toasting it and smothering it with butter and honey, or frying it up into some kind of insanely delicious French toast soaked with maple syrup, just do it for the smell. If you are not a bread maker, you’re going to become one right now because this is a great foolproof starter recipe.

But this was a winner! I’m never letting this recipe out of my sight. I hate it and it’s a major reason why I don’t bake yeast bread often. Is there anything worse than waiting for your dough to rise, punching it down, and baking it into flat, dense little rocks? No. I’ve made it four times now and every single time I’ve had success. I generally feel intimidated by making bread so this homemade cinnamon swirl bread was kind of a big deal for me. Today I took a few pieces out of the freezer and in 15 minutes they were soft and oozing with cinnamon sugar filling. Except it’s like a loaf of bread and it’s way more versatile than a Cinnabon. This is totally Cinnabon-esque in that it has that really soft white breadiness wrapped in gooey, sticky, cinnamon sugar love. If you’re thinking Cinnabon, you are my best friend. and every other carb ever created.Īs of lately, homemade cinnamon swirl bread with a gooey cinnamon sugar center has been added to that list. We both love bread-y stuff (I think they’re called, like, carbs?) For example: donuts. Loaves of bread are just never in our house, ever, and it’s a little sad.īut it’s not like we don’t eat bread. And then I get my once-a-year peanut butter and honey toast craving and I go back to find it dying a slow, fuzzy death. When we do buy bread, it goes straight into hibernation in its cozy home in the bread basket. There’s this thing about just having two people in this house, one of which does not like sandwiches. Because when that smell speaks to me, game over.ījork and I have kind of a dysfunctional relationship with bread. Okay, well, I guess I can eat cinnamon swirl bread all day if I must.
