Today in the kitchen I made a delicious Cinnamon Bread. I love the smell (and taste!) of all things cinnamon and the recipe is so easy to use. You probably have all of the ingredients in your own kitchen today!

Cinnamon Bread

Batter Ingredients

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup granulated sugar

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

3 eggs

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1 1/3 cups sour cream

2 tsp vanilla extract

Brown Sugar-Cinnamon Mixture

4 TBSP unsalted butter, melted

1 1/2 TBSP ground cinnamon

3/4 cup brown sugar

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease a loaf pan or line with parchment paper.

In a medium bowl add the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder and baking soda. Whisk the dry ingredients together really well.

Set the bowl aside.

In a separate medium bowl, add the eggs, vegetable oil, sour cream and vanilla extract. Whisk together really well. Set the bowl aside.

In a small bowl, add the cinnamon, melted butter and brown sugar. Mix together really well. Set the bowl aside.

Make a well into the center of the dry ingredients bowl.

Pour the wet ingredients into the well. Mix the wet and dry ingredients really well until all is combined thoroughly.

Spoon about 1/4 of the batter into the bottom of the prepared loaf pan and smooth out the batter.

Dollop about 1/3 cup of the brown sugar-cinnamon mixture over the batter.

Top with the remaining batter.

Add the remaining brown sugar-cinnamon mixture into the top.

Drag a butter knife back and forth – lengthwise and cross wise and make swirls.

Bake uncovered in the oven for 45 minutes. Then remove and cover with foil and bake for another 20 minutes until thoroughly done.

Remove from the oven cool the bread for at least five minutes before removing from the loaf pan.

Place on a cooling rack to cool completely before slicing and serving.

The bread is delicious to eat plain or with butter (I prefer butter, of course!)