Friday, March 12, 2021

Cinnamon Swirl - when you know, you know

My kids love toast. Plain ol' bread in the toaster with butter and sometimes cinnamon sugar sprinkled on top. Nicholas will sit at the toaster and eat slice after slice and run us straight out of bread. They also love cinnamon swirl bread - usually with raisin (eww). I have made Cinnamon Swirl bread before and rarely does it turn out great. Since the Amish Sweet Bread turned out so amazing, I gave it a try with some cinnamon sugar swirled in the middle. This wins. It just wins. My children no longer need to sit at the toaster and wait for pathetic wheat toast to come out, they just gobbled up slices of this fresh amazingness. We ate half the loaf for dessert, then the next day Nicholas sat and ate three slices in one sitting for breakfast. I even snuck a piece in the toaster with butter, oh my yes. Make this - worth it. 100% worth it.

Cinnamon Swirl Amish Sweet Bread
Ingredients
2 cups water
2/3 cups sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons yeast
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 cup vegetable oil
5 1/2 to 6 cups All purpose flour

Filling:
1 cup white sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons cinnamon

Instructions
Heat 2 cups of water to 110℉.
Add the sugar to the water you just heated and stir it.
Add the yeast to the sugar water and let it set for exactly 10 minutes. It will become frothy.
Mix in the oil and salt into the yeast liquid.
Slowly add one cup of flour at a time to this yeast mixture. You might not use all of the flour. It depends on how wet the dough is towards the end. You want to get to a good non-sticky dough consistency and it will form a ball.
Once the dough forms a ball, you will need to knead the dough for about 5 minutes. Sprinkle the surface with flour before you begin. When you feel the dough get sticky, sprinkle more flour over the top of the dough as you are kneading it. When this process is over you should be able to lift a small piece of the dough without it tearing.
Spray a large bowl with non stick cooking oil and place the dough into the bowl. Cover this bowl with a damp towel.
Let this dough rise for about 1 hour or until it has doubled in size.
After the dough has risen, punch the middle part of the dough and pull the dough from the sides of the bowl.
Use a dough cutter and split the dough into two equal parts. Roll dough parts out and pour on half of mixed cinnamon sugar onto each rolled out part. Roll up loaf very tight and place each in a greased loaf pan.
Let these loaves sit uncovered for another 30 minutes to rise again.
Now place them in a preheated oven at 350℉ for about 30 minutes or until they are baked thoroughly.

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