Homemade Cinnamon Bread Recipe

This homemade cinnamon bread recipe is so easy you won’t believe it! It has been a favorite in our family for years. Fill your home and your family with warmth and love by making this rich, homemade cinnamon bread today. Your family will think you slaved over it. I won’t tell if you won’t!

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It’s important to use the right cinnamon. By doing so, you’ll not only be getting the health benefits of cinnamon but the rich, deeper tones of true cinnamon.

Homemade Cinnamon Bread Recipe

This recipe makes 2 loaves – 1.5 qt pans or  8 1/2″ x 4 /12″. 

Bread Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup of sugar
• 2 eggs (put out at the beginning to let them get to room temp)
• 2 cups of buttermilk. If you don’t have any, make your own: add 2 Tablespoons of apple cider vinegar to 2 cups of whole milk, stir it up well and let sit for 5 minutes.
• 4 cups of all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda

Cinnamon Filling

• 1 cup of sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons of cinnamon (more or less to your taste)

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 and lightly butter the pans.
2. Use an electric mixer or hand mixer (I won’t be without this hand mixer I received for my birthday one year) to cream the butter and sugar.
3. When it is creamy, add the eggs and mix thoroughly. 
4. With the mixer on low, pour the milk in a little at a time.
5. When all the milk is in, add the natural baking soda and then slowly add the flour one cup of flour at a time and mix well between cups. 
6. Divide 1/2 of the batter evenly between the two lightly buttered pans.
7. Make them about as equal as you can.  If you use a little less than half of the batter that’s OK.
8. Now use about 3/4 of the cinnamon sugar (that’s about 4 1/2 Tablespoons per loaf) to sprinkle the top of each loaf and swirl with a knife.
9. Divide the remaining batter between the two pans and sprinkle the rest of the cinnamon sugar onto their tops and swirl. Be sure to do tight swirls so you don’t introduce air into the batter.
10. Bake at 350 for about an hour.
11. Stick a knife in to check for doneness. If the knife comes out with gooey batter on it, leave it in for 5-minute increments until the knife comes out clean, this means it is done.
12. Let the pans cool on a rack for 20 minutes before you remove them from the pan and cut them. If you don’t, the loaf falls apart when you cut it.

Homemade Cinnamon Bread Recipe

This homemade cinnamon bread recipe is so easy you won't believe it! It has been a favorite in our family for years. Fill your home and your family with warmth and love by making this rich, homemade cinnamon bread today. Your family will think you slaved over it. I won't tell if you won't!

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Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Keyword: bread recipes, cinnamon bread, from scratch baking, from scratch recipes

Prep Time: 25 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour hour

Cooling Time: 20 minutes minutes

Servings: 8 or more depending on how thick you slice it

Calories: 681kcal

Ingredients

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs (put out at the beginning to let them get to room temp)
• 2 cups buttermilk If you don't have any, make your own: add 2 Tablespoons of apple cider vinegar to 2 cups of whole milk, stir it up well and let sit for 5 minutes.
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking soda

Cinnamon Filling

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 ½ Tbs cinnamon

Instructions

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350 and lightly butter the pans.
• Use an electric mixer or hand mixer to cream the butter and sugar.
• When it is creamy, add the eggs and mix thoroughly. 
• With the mixer on low, pour the milk in a little at a time.
• When all the milk is in, add the baking soda and then slowly add the flour one cup of flour at a time and mix well between cups. 
• Divide 1/2 of the batter evenly between the two lightly buttered pans.
• Make them about as equal as you can.  If you use a little less than half of the batter that's OK.
• Now use about 3/4 of the cinnamon sugar (that's about 4 1/2 Tablespoons per loaf) to sprinkle the top of each loaf and swirl with a knife.
• Divide the remaining batter between the two pans and sprinkle the rest of the cinnamon sugar onto their tops and swirl. Be sure to do tight swirls so you don't introduce air into the batter.
• Bake at 350 for about an hour.
• Stick a knife in to check for doneness. If the knife comes out with gooey batter on it, leave it in for 5-minute increments until the knife comes out clean, this means it is done.
• Let the pans cool on a rack for 20 minutes before you remove them from the pan and cut them. If you don't, the loaf falls apart when you cut it.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Homemade Cinnamon Bread Recipe

Amount per Serving

Calories

 

681

Calories from Fat 243

% Daily Value*

Fat

 

27

g

42

%

Saturated Fat

 

16

g

100

%

Trans Fat

 

1

g

Polyunsaturated Fat

 

1

g

Monounsaturated Fat

 

7

g

Cholesterol

 

109

mg

36

%

Sodium

 

557

mg

24

%

Potassium

 

177

mg

5

%

Carbohydrates

 

102

g

34

%

Fiber

 

2

g

8

%

Sugar

 

53

g

59

%

Protein

 

10

g

20

%

Vitamin A

 

872

IU

17

%

Vitamin C

 

1

mg

1

%

Calcium

 

107

mg

11

%

Iron

 

3

mg

17

%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.