This recipe for Cinnamon Quick Bread is delicious any time of day. This breakfast bread comes together in no time at all and there is a sweet cinnamon sugar flavor swirled inside every slice. It is tender on the inside with a slightly crunchy cinnamon sugar exterior. This cinnamon swirl bread also makes a great gift during the holidays, too!
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This recipe for Cinnamon Quick Bread is delicious any time of day. This breakfast bread comes together in no time at all and there is a sweet cinnamon sugar flavor swirled inside every slice. It is tender on the inside with a slightly crunchy cinnamon sugar exterior. This cinnamon swirl bread also makes a great gift during the holidays, too!
Why We Love This Cinnamon Quick Bread Recipe
- Quick and easy to make using pantry staple ingredients.
- No waiting for the batter to rise and bakes in a fraction of the time as a yeast bread.
- Tender and moist center with an exterior that has a slight crunch from the cinnamon sugar coating.
- Sweet cinnamon sugar flavor swirled inside every slice.
- Delicious for breakfast, brunch, dessert or afternoon sweet snack
- Great for gifting to neighbors, friends, and family during the holiday season.
Ingredients
- All-purpose flour
- Baking soda
- Ground cinnamon
- Baking powder
- Fine sea salt
- Unsalted butter, softened
- Granulated sugar
- Light brown sugar, packed
- Egg
- Buttermilk
- Vanilla extract
Substitutions and Additions
- Make Muffins: You can easily make muffins with your batter. Instead of using a loaf pan, simply pour the bread batter into muffin tins. You will make 12-14 muffins, and suggested bake time is 15-18 minutes.
- Add-Ins: Feel free to add some raisins, dried cranberries, chocolate chips, walnuts, or pecans to your batter before baking.
- Spice It Up: Make it a spiced bread by adding a pinch of cloves, nutmeg, allspice, or a combination of all three.
How to Make the Cinnamon Swirl Bread
This Cinnamon Bread is a moist and sweetly satisfying spiced bread that easily combines simple pantry staples and goes from bowl to oven in 10 minutes. The delicious flavors of cinnamon and sugar are swirled inside each slice; with a no-yeast batter it bakes without a fuss.
- Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt. Set the bowl aside.
- In a separate bowl, cream together the butter, sugar, and brown sugar until combined.
- Mix in the egg.
- Stir in the buttermilk and vanilla.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and combine until there are no dry patches.
- In a small bowl stir together the sugar and cinnamon.
- Pour ½ of the batter to the pan and smooth it out. Sprinkle ⅔ of the cinnamon sugar mixture on top.
- Cover cinnamon sugar with remaining batter and smooth out the top.
- Add the remaining cinnamon sugar to cover and swirl the top with a butter knife.
- Bake at 350°F for 40-45 minutes.
Pro Tip: Bread is done baking when a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Cool completely before slicing. Enjoy!
Tips
- Make sure your quick bread has completely cooled before slicing. If you try to slice it warm, the center will sink and it will likely fall apart!
- Lining the loaf pan with parchment paper makes it easier to lift out of the pan and will keep the cinnamon sugar topping in tact.
- This recipe can easily be doubled to make two loaves.
Storage Tips
- To Store: You can store your quick bread at room temperature for up to 3 days in an air tight container.
- To Freeze: If freezing quick bread, wrap it very well in plastic wrap and place it in the freezer for up to 3 months.
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Cinnamon Quick BRead
Serves — 12
This recipe for Cinnamon Quick Bread is delicious any time of day. This breakfast bread comes together in no time at all and there is a sweet cinnamon sugar flavor swirled inside every slice. It is tender on the inside with a slightly crunchy cinnamon sugar exterior. This cinnamon swirl bread also makes a great gift during the holidays, too!
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp fine sea salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup light brown sugar packed
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
For the filling and topping:
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a 9×5 loaf pan with baking spray, or line it with parchment paper and spray with baking spray, set aside. In a medium-sized bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt until combined, set aside.
- In a large bowl cream together the butter, sugar, and brown sugar for 2 minutes until combined. Add the egg and mix it in. Add the buttermilk and vanilla, slowly stir it in until combined. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix it in until just combined, with no dry patches.
- In a small bowl stir together the sugar and cinnamon. Add ½ of the batter to the pan and smooth it out. Add ⅔ of the cinnamon mixture on top evenly. Add the remaining batter, smooth out the top. Add the remaining cinnamon sugar, swirl the top with a butter knife.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Take the bread out of the pan and let it cool completely on a wire rack.
Notes
Storage:
- To Store: You can store your quick bread at room temperature for up to 3 days in an air tight container.
- To Freeze: If freezing quick bread, wrap it very well in plastic wrap and place it in the freezer for up to 3 months.
- Make sure your quick bread has completely cooled before slicing. If you try to slice it warm, the center will sink and it will likely fall apart!
- Lining the loaf pan with parchment paper makes it easier to lift out of the pan and will keep the cinnamon sugar topping in tact.
- This recipe can easily be doubled to make two loaves.
Nutrition Info
Calories: 252kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 36mg | Sodium: 170mg | Potassium: 79mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 24g | Vitamin A: 290IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 44mg | Iron: 1mg
