Swirl Cinnamon Bread Recipe

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If you like cinnamon, you’ll love this quick bread! It’s crusty on top, soft and moist inside—and one of my very most-requested recipes. I always make extra loaves for the holidays and give them to family and friends. —Meryl Sheppard, Greensboro, North Carolina

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Swirl Cinnamon Bread Recipe
  • Prep: 25 min. Bake: 45 min. + cooling
  • Yield: 12 Servings
25 45 70

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon plus 1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon, divided
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup (8 ounces) reduced-fat plain yogurt
  • 1/4 cup canola oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup packed brown sugar

Directions

  • In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and salt. In a small bowl, whisk the egg, yogurt, oil and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar and remaining cinnamon.
  • Spoon a third of the batter into an 8-in. x 4-in. loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Top with a third of the brown sugar mixture. Repeat layers twice. Cut through batter with a knife to swirl the brown sugar mixture.
  • Bake at 350° 45-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Yield: 1 loaf (12 slices).

Nutritional Facts 1 slice equals 203 calories, 6 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 19 mg cholesterol, 124 mg sodium, 35 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 4 g protein.

Originally published as Swirl Cinnamon Bread in Healthy Cooking December/January 2012, p33

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Reviewed on Dec. 30, 2012 by Kathy Andersen

I thought it turned out a little dry. The dough was very thick and sticky, not typical quick bread dough. Next time, I'll add more oil.

Reviewed on Sep. 16, 2012 by klesinski

I have made this twice in the last 2 weeks as my family just loves this bread. I made a couple of substitutions as well. I used reduced fat vanilla yogurt for the plain yogurt and cut back to 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract. I also substituted baking Splenda for the sugar. Dough was thick both times I made it too but was able to spread it into 3 layers. Tried to swirl bread the first time but was a bit messy. So didn't bother the second time No one noticed :) I love homemade bread and this one is just delicious!!

Reviewed on Sep. 08, 2012 by eagle78

Very moist and not overly sweet. The batter was more like a dough, but still easy enough to layer with cinnamon and brown sugar mixture. I will try adding finely chopped nuts next time. It's a keeper!

Reviewed on Aug. 13, 2012 by lpeters86

Delicious! Will definitely make again.

Reviewed on Feb. 24, 2012 by janetjordan

Yes, the dough is very very thick. Was difficult to manage when layering it. I used whole wheat pastry dough instead of all purpose.

But the outcome was great! My family of 5 finished this the day I made it. No leftovers

:(

Oh, and i only had strwberry banana yogurt on hand! Was nervous about that, but you couldnt even tell! Very tasty bread. Easy and simple ingredients.

Reviewed on Jan. 23, 2012 by brookover

The bread was all gone when I came downstairs this morning, so I think I can call it a success!

That said....for a recipe from a healthy cooking magazine, this didn't strike me as very healthy! So I made a couple changes myself--I substituted about half of the AP flour with white wheat flour and I cut the sugar back to 1/2 cup. It was still plenty sweet, so I think I will cut that back by another 1-2 T. and maybe 1T off of the brown sugar.

I, too, had a very thick batter. I ended up with only two layers.

Reviewed on Jan. 05, 2012 by stamfcows

Delicious...Great with cream cheese...:)

Reviewed on Dec. 21, 2011 by Kml9876

Amazing!

Reviewed on Dec. 13, 2011 by wildirishrose80

rmartz1, I'm glad I'm not the only one. I suspect we're missing an ingredient. Mine is in the oven now--probably won't turn out like I had hoped. Next time I will probably scale the flour back to 1 1/2 cups and the sugar to 1/2 cup.

Reviewed on Dec. 03, 2011 by rmartz1

Anyone else have trouble with this recipe? Instead of creating a batter, it made a very sticky dough which I could not use to make layers with the brown sugar and cinnamon. It came out very dense. I cannot figure out if I did something wrong as I followed the recipe exactly.

 
 

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