An easy Cinnamon Bread Recipe that is perfect for breakfast, snacks and gifting to friends, neighbors and co-workers! This Christmas bread makes a beautiful gift wrapped into inexpensive giftable loaf pans.
To Make This Cinnamon Bread Recipe, You Will Need:
Cinnamon Bread is made with staple ingredients that mean you can make it to enjoy or gift on a whim!
- Sugar, flour, baking powder, salt
- Eggs: Free run / organic is preferable.
- Milk
- Vegetable oil: This helps to make the bread really moist
- Cinnamon
How to Make Cinnamon Bread
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine sugar, flour, baking powder & salt. Set aside.
- Beat eggs, milk & oil.
- Gradually add dry mixture to wet until just moist.
- Grease baking dishes & pour mixture an inch below to the top to compensate for rise.
- Combine topping, spoon on each loaf and swirl in with a knife, leaving some on top.
- Bake 40 minutes.
How to Gift Christmas Bread
I find inspiration virtually everywhere and when I was shopping at Michael’s for something for Adalyn, I came across ceramic loaf pans for just $1. They’re perfect for gifting my cinnamon bread – the quintessential Christmas bread. Year after year they offer shades of red and green and a great standard, white! You can also now find white year round. It makes perfectly delicious little giftable loaves every time!
These adorable little loaves make great neighbor and teacher gifts – as well as breakfast for yourself. Enjoy alone or with a little butter. You definitely want to save a loaf for yourself!
The Perfect Bread To Enjoy Throughout The Holidays
There’s never a bad time to enjoy this bread! It can easily be served as a breakfast bread, a mid morning or afternoon snack or as an after dinner treat. It’s so perfectly festive and the smell of cinnamon when you bake this bread is to die for!
A Quick Bread Recipe With No Yeast
Because there is no yeast in this recipe, you don’t need to let it rise, so it’s perfect for easy baking! You just need 10 minutes to make the dough and then it’s straight into the oven. It’s the perfect bread recipe if you are short on time. It’s also made with pantry staple ingredients, so the chances are you don’t even need to plan a trip to the store.
Top Tips To Make This Cinnamon Bread Recipe
- Be sure to grease your baking dishes for easy removal.
- You can also make one large 1.5 pound loaf with this recipe rather than smaller individual loaves.
- Let the bread cool to room temperature before wrapping or serving.
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Cinnamon Bread Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 cups flour
- 2 tablespoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups milk
- 2/3 cup vegetable oil
TOPPING:
- 1 Tbsp cinnamon + 1 tsp
- 2/3 cup sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine sugar, flour, baking powder & salt. Set aside.
- Beat eggs, milk & oil.
- Gradually add dry mixture to wet until just moist.
- Grease baking dishes & pour mixture an inch below to the top to compensate for rise.
- Combine topping, spoon on each loaf and swirl in with a knife, leaving some on top.
- Bake 40 minutes.
Recipe Notes
- Be sure to grease your baking dishes for easy removal.
- You can also make one large 1.5 pound loaf with this recipe rather than smaller individual loaves.
- Let the bread cool to room temperature before wrapping or serving.
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Wondering if I should bake them in the pans I boughtÉ
You won’t be disappointed! Let me know if I can help!
Thank you for answering my question i will try and mail these some day. Does it make a difference what kind of milk you use fat free,skim milk or whole milk ?
Can you use fat free milk or do you have to use whole milk ? Thank you so much for answering me before i am going to make up some of these for my older children.
It doesn’t really, fuller milk has a hint more flavor. I just shared how to mail cookies – you may enjoy that post as well! Happy Holidays!
I’d love to make this and never do anything baking but am already confused with the instructions. Why are there two separate sugar portions – one for 2 cups and the other for 2/3 cups. Am I missing something? thank you!
I’m sorry, Ann! If you don’t bake often, this is a GREAT recipe! It’s a no fail…the second sugar is for the cinnamon sugar topping. You could easily put it all in together, I just love having the crunchy topping. Enjoy!
Does it freeze well? I’m planning on making some for gifts (I’ve got plans for at least 2, but I can create a list of more) and I may want to freeze the loaves after they are baked before I gift them. And then if I can freeze them, what is the reheating temps?
It does, but I would just let them thaw, warm them & serve them with butter. I’ll be honest, they don’t last long around our house! It melts in your mouth!
I was wondering if you could mail these loafs in the pan if you wrap them real good with a cling wrap. i would like to send some to my kids.
I would wrap them in bubble wrap, inside a Priority USPS box. That’s what I use when shipping baked goods. Add in peanuts to fill the box so it doesn’t move during transport.
just wondered what size pans you used to make these loaves of bread?
Thanks for any info!
H
I’ve never seen a size on them, but they’re at Michael’s again this year. They’re about 6″ long. Enjoy!
Great idea for a Xmas Gift or a gift for anytime. A gift from the heart made by your hand full of “Love, Awesome and most of all Scrumptious”
I love this recipe! I just made 4 loaves for my coworkers and 1 large one for my family – all turned out amazing! Thanks so much for sharing, I am so happy to have found this!
Thanks for sharing, I’m glad you enjoyed it! Happy holidays!
I am far from a domestic diva so this may be a silly question…but is there a reason you didn’t just add the cinnamon/sugar combo to the dough itself instead of just sprinkling a layer of it in the middle when you put it in the pan? I’m thinking of making this for holiday gifts and giving it with a little jar of homemade apple butter 🙂
Mindy, you could just mix it in, but it’s more flavorful in “stripes” from being swirled in. You will LOVE this!
Might you know how I could turn this into a pumpkin bread recipe? I made this a few times now and it is delicious! I’ve been wanting a “tried-and-true” bread recipe that I can turn into a delicious pumpkin bread recipe somehow.
I wish I did, however, I’m not a fan of pumpkin, so have never tried. I’m so glad you love this recipe as much as we do!
No worries! I found something online that said to replace each egg with 1/4 cup of canned pumpkin puree, and use the equivalent of oil (so 2/3 cup of canned pumpkin for the 2/3 cup of oil). So it’d be 1 & 1/6 cup of pumpkin puree in place of the eggs and oil, or 1 cup, 2 Tbsp + 2 tsp. I’m going to try it today!!
Let me know how it is!
Debra, we make this all the time for breakfast because it’s easy and delicious!
Great idea!! I’m totally doing these for next Christmas as gifts to all of my neighbors. Thanks for sharing all of your wonderful ideas!
– Debra Carlson
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Don’t forget to bake a loaf for yourself as well!
I knew I was going to bake bread for presants this year, thanks for the great ideas.
4 c flour – 2 cups sugar, plus another 2/3 for the cinnamon mixture. It’s so moist-even a few days later.
In the instructions it said 4c of sugar….is that really right?
This bread sounds so good!
Thanks for posting….
Carol
lol – perfect
Confession: 5 loaves are being gifted, 1 has been eaten.
I don’t think I’ve had cinnamon bread before but I am a huge cinnamon fan,..and come to think of it I’m a huge bread (any carbs really) fan as well. I’m sure this would be great. Love the little dishes!