Ain’t B’s Cinnamon Bread
By Yankee Magazine|Feb 21 2003|
I just love this cinnamon bread! It’s very moist, extremely easy to make, great for gift giving, makes great french toast, but best of all it tastes great!
Yield
One 9x5 inch loaf
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour (unbleached)
1 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
2 teaspoons white vanilla extract
1/4 cup pecans (optional)
Topping
3 tablespoons white sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons margarine or butter
1/4 cup pecans (optional)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9×5 inch loaf pan.
In large mixing bowl add the first 10 ingredients, beat 3 minutes. Pour into prepared loaf pan. Smooth top.
Combine 3 tablespoons white sugar, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and butter, mixing until crumbly. Sprinkle topping over smoothed batter. Using knife, cut in a light swirling motion to give a marbled effect. (sprinkle top with 1/4 cup crushed nuts)
Bake for about 50 minutes. Test with toothpick. When inserted it should come out clean. Remove bread from pan to rack to cool.
I found it to be moist and easy to make as the recipe stated! I added raisins, which I think added to the bread’s taste. I also sprinkled some cinnamon sugar on top before baking.
Easiest and best recipe I have found for a quick cinnamon bread/coffee cake. Makes a very tender loaf that’s yummy with coffee or tea.
I made it between the early church service and the pot-luck. There wasn’t a crumb left!
Delicious!! Absolutely delicious!
You can’t go wrong with this recipe, my family loved it…I’m making 3 more today!! It’s really good warmed straight out of the oven with cinnamon butter on it, but it is delicious all by itself.
This is a wonderful bread to put in Christmas baskets. I plan to make several. It
I loved it! I used plain yogurt instead of buttermilk and only 1/8 cup of oil, and nuts from Brazil because that’s what I had on hand. Thank you very much for the recipe! Next time I’ll add more cinnamon!
My first batch didn’t work out; but I tried again and liked it very much.