Cinnamon Sugar Bread is better than eating a cinnamon & sugar cake donut. Easy & delicious, this bread is ready to devour in an hour.
This bread is simple, sweet, and super easy! It’s great for breakfast. This Costco-inspired recipe for Cinnamon Sugar Bread is bound to be a household favorite.
I love making homemade bread, whether it be this Cinnamon Sugar Bread, my grandma’s famous Pumpkin Bread, Zucchini Bread, or my kid’s favorite, my mom’s Banana Bread.
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Ingredients
- Butter
- Sugar
- Cinnamon
- All-purpose flour
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Egg (just one!)
- Milk
- Vanilla extract
- Canola or vegetable oil
Sunday morning, I always make an excellent breakfast, usually crepes, but when time is the limit, I go to this Cinnamon Sugar Bread.
I love easy recipes that are just as delicious and inspired by some of our favorite foods. This Cinnamon Sugar Bread is something that you can whip up in 10 minutes and then let the oven do the rest of the work.
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How do you make Cinnamon Sugar Bread?
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9x5x3” loaf pan and set aside.
In a small bowl, combine 1/3 cup sugar and one tablespoon cinnamon, stir together, and set aside.
In a medium mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, remaining 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and remaining 1 cup sugar. Sift together to combine.
In a small mixing bowl, whisk together egg, milk, oil, and vanilla extract. Stir by hand into the flour mixture until combined.
Pour half of the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle with half of the cinnamon and sugar mixture. Add the remaining batter, using a butter knife, and swirl the batter.
Then top with the remaining cinnamon and sugar mixture. Place in the preheated oven and bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Cool the loaf pan on a cooling rack for 10 minutes. Serve immediately or let it completely cool before you slice and serve.
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Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 1/3 cups sugar
- 4 teaspoons cinnamon
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup canola oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter 9x5x3'' loaf pan with 1 tbsp butter and set aside.
- In a small bowl combine 1/3 cup sugar and 3 teaspoons cinnamon, stir together and set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl combine flour, baking powder, salt, remaining 1 teaspoon cinnamon and remaining 1 cup sugar. Sift together to combine.
- In a small mixing bowl whisk together egg, milk, oil and vanilla extract. Stir by hand into flour mixture until combined.
- Pour half of the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle with half of the cinnamon and sugar mixture.
- Add the remaining batter, using a butter knife swirl batter. Then top with the remaining cinnamon and sugar mixture.
- Place in the preheated oven and bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool loaf pan on cooling rack for 10 minutes. Remove loaf from pan onto a large plate. The loose cinnamon and sugar will come off onto the plate. Carefully press all the sides of the bread onto the cinnamon and sugar that comes off onto the plate. Slice and serve.
I know this is a dessert, but I am certain I’d be eating this for breakfast with my morning coffee.
It definitely makes a great morning treat as well as a dessert! We won’t tell anyone 😉
can canola oil be substituted for olive oil ??
I would not suggest using normal or extra virgin olive oil as it has a strong flavor and might affect the taste of the bread. The only olive oil that might work would be “Extra Light Taste” olive oils as it doesn’t have much flavor and can be used for baking.
When my kids were small they loved cinnamon toast. This is like the better, more grown up version of that! Can’t wait to try this recipe!!
It totally is, enjoy!
My batter is very thick and sticky. I don’t know what I did wrong?
You did it just fine! The batter is thick, did you bake it?
I think I have fallen in love with this recipe!
Thanks! Enjoy.
I am all about the carbs too and add this bread to my newest obsession! Yum!!
Thank you!
OMG! This is my kind of bread!
Enjoy!
Looks delicious! perfect for my breakfast!
Definitely, thanks!
I’ve made this bread and now it’s our favorite for every Sunday brunch!
Oh yum, I could go for a big slice of that right now!
Thank you, enjoy!
A whole tablespoon of baking powder? Hmm…
Yes that is what works for this recipe!
What is meant by this comment? I’m not a seasoned baker but am curious why that would be asked
Generally, you want about 1 tsp of baking powder for every cup of flour. So, 1 tbsp (3 tsp) seems like too much for this recipe. That’s why they are questioning it. I raised my eyebrow at that too. But I followed the recipe anyway. It’s a good recipe. My bread turned out great. There is a smidge of a bitter taste from the baking powder but it is extremely subtle and doesn’t ruin the bread. I do think if you cut the baking powder to 2 tsp, it would still turn out.
We were working on my son’s campaign finance report this morning, which was due by 5 pm and I was thinking donuts but remembered I had left this recipe open on my kindle so, of course, why not make this and skip the drive to the bakery? Everyone loved it!! Bonus, it was so easy and in less than an hour we had fresh, hot, delicious cinnamon bread! Thanks for sharing!! I’ll be pinning this for future use!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
Where did you get the recipe – because it is not listed here There are ingredients but no quantities – how many eggs? How much butter? This is not a recipe – wher did you get yours?
Hi Rena, the recipe card is just above the comments if you scroll to the bottom of the page. It has ingredients and quantities listed there along with all the steps! I hope this helps.
Best cinnamon bread!
Thanks, I’m so glad you enjoy it!
we enjoyed cinnamon sugar bread.we decreased sugar to 1/4 cup .anyone making this bread for first time dont be fooled by crusty dark top it may not be ready.mine took about 60 minutes.then enjoy thanks nina!
I’m glad you enjoyed it! It definitely does seem darker due to the sugar and cinnamon on top, so a toothpick test is the best way to tell if it’s done.
Omg. Cinnamon bread is my favorite!! Your version looks great and fluffy!
Thank you!
Love a moist cinnamon sugar bread…nothing beats homemade and all I want is a slice of yours right now with my coffee!
Thank you!
So perfectly delicious! I can see us making this over and over again. Btw, my husband loves a good Costco run too, haha!
Thank you! I’m glad you like it.
Cinnamon and sugar is one of my favorite combos and this bread does not disappoint! So delicious!
Thank you!
What a perfectly sweet bread! Can’t wait to enjoy this with my morning cup of coffee; delish!
Thank you!
What a sweet tasting bread! My kids love anything with cinnamon and this was no exception! Can’t wait to make this again!
I’m so glad they enjoyed it! Thank you!
I could eat this bread daily all year long, but the combination of cinnamon and sugar have me thinking of winter months. Pinning this for later this year.
It definitely is so perfect for winter! Enjoy!
I made this recipe Thursday for an event I was going to on Friday. I did the noble, generous thing of leaving the cake behind at the event for my hosts to enjoy when I left and immediately regretted it as I drove away. So I just made another one. This recipe is AMAZING and so open to experimentation! I reduced the amount of sugar and cinnamon, added white chocolate chips, and replaced some of the milk with real maple syrup. SO GOOD. This is going to be my new go-to everyday cake. Like, I seriously think I’m just going to make this every Sunday. The next one I’m thinking of adding some cranberries….
Those twists sounds SO delicious! I’ll totally have to try that next time, I love white chocolate! I’m so glad you like the recipe!
What a great recipe! This is perfect for fall; I am looking forward to baking this all season long!
Thank you, enjoy!
I bet this smelled amazing while it was baking!
It totally does!
This bread is a dream! Love the delicious cinnamon sugar combo!
Thank you, it is an amazing combo!
This bread was phenomenal. Everyone in my family loved it… but unfortunately that means it was gone in seconds. Making more ASAP!
Thank you, I’m so glad you enjoyed it that much!