A delicious quick bread. Simple enough for a family breakfast but eloquent enough for gifting.
Adapted from a Taste of Home, this recipe uses only things I always have on hand. I love no special shopping. The swirl gives it a special touch.
Rating
I want to give it a five but just can’t. It is a little too sweet. I will be cut the sugar down a little all around.
Notes: As I said in my rating little too sweet for me. I took smaller slices (repeatedly). I will cut the sugar in the batter to 3/4 cup and skip the sugar/cinnamon on top and just go with the glaze. But that is just me.
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Preheat oven to 350, not convection.
Prep a loaf pan with a little butter.
In a large mixing bowl, combine 2 cups AP flour, 1 cup sugar, 1 T baking powder, 1/2 t salt and 1 t cinnamon. Mix well.
In a small bowl, combine 1/2 cup sugar and 2 t cinnamon. Mix well.
In a third bowl, combine 1 cup milk, 1/4 cup oil, and 1 egg. Whip together.
Mix wet into dry. The egg/milk mix into the flour/sugar mix. Mix to combine completely but do not over mix.
Put half the batter into the prepped pan. Level that layer. Spread about 2/3 of the cinnamon sugar mix over that layer then cover with the other half of the batter.
Time to swirl. With the handle of a knife or something about 1/4 inch thick, start at one corner and cut Z like across the pan 5-6 times and then back long way 3-4 times. Be sure to get close to the edge. Cover the top with the remaining sugar/cinnamon mix.
Bake until a toothpick near the center comes out clean. About 45 minutes. Let loaf cool in the pan for 10 minutes then move to cooling rack.
Combine 1/4 cup powdered sugar with two t milk to make the glaze.
Drizzle the glaze over loaf.
Beautiful…
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Cinnamon Sugar Swirl Quick Bread
Ingredients
- 2 cups AP flour
- 1 1/2 cups sugar - divided
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 teaspoons divided cinnamon
- 1 cup milk
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1 egg
Glaze
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350, not convection. Prep a loaf pan with a little butter.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine 2 cups AP flour, 1 cup sugar, 1 T baking powder, 1/2 t salt and 1 t cinnamon. Mix well.
- In a small bowl, combine 1/2 cup sugar and 2 t cinnamon. Mix well.
- In a third bowl, combine 1 cup milk, 1/4 cup oil, and one egg. Whip together.
- Mix wet into dry. The egg/milk mix into the flour/sugar mix. Mix to combine completely but do not over mix.
- Put half the batter into the prepped pan. Level that layer. Spread about 2/3 of the cinnamon sugar mix over that layer then cover with the other half of the batter.
- Time to swirl. With the handle of a knife or something about 1/4 inch thick, start at one corner and cut Z like across the pan 5-6 times and then back long way 3-4 times. Be sure to get close to the edge. Cover the top with the remaining sugar/cinnamon mix.
- Bake until a toothpick near the center comes out clean. About 45 minutes. Let loaf cool in the pan for 10 minutes then move to cooling rack.
- Combine 1/4 cup powdered sugar with 2 t milk to make the glaze.
- Drizzle the glaze over loaf.
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Nutrition is for one serving. Number of servings is stated above and is my estimate of normal serving size for this recipe.
All nutritional information are estimates and may vary from your actual results. This is home cooking, and there are many variables. To taste ingredients such as salt will be my estimate of the average used.
If you like this recipe or find it useful, the pleasure of a nice 4 or 5 rating would be greatly appreciated.
Dr Dan
February 18, 2013 at 10:08 pmYou know, I thought about it. It would work but with all the sugar… what the heck…
I have a banana bread coming up that I cut the sugar (a third of this recipe) and not much oil for the healthier reader. It is very nice and about half the calories of this recipe.
Foodie*Fairy
February 18, 2013 at 8:38 pmMy recommendation if you wanted to try to reduce fat in this recipe, would be to replace your oil with applesauce. If you want to give another substitute a try, plain greek yogurt works VERY well, but I think the vanilla greek yogurt might add a good flavor!
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