Cinnamon Swirl Bread

Name: Cinnamon Swirl Bread
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: pinch of salt; 2 eggs; 70 g unsalted butter, melted; 110 g granulated sugar, plus a pinch; 25 g unsalted butter, melted; 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon; 115 g light brown sugar; 1.2 kg strong white flour; 250 ml tepid milk; 250 ml tepid water; 315 ml tepid water; 25 g fresh yeast

Preparation info

Makes
2
Loaves

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The New Ballymaloe Bread Book

By Darina Allen

Published 2023

About

This wonderful sweet bread can be baked in a loaf or as cinnamon buns. When we make this bread, the scent of warm bread mixed with spice always entices people to the kitchen. It’s a battle to keep the bread long enough to let it cool. We serve it sliced thickly. If by some miracle you have some left the next morning, it’s great toasted.

Ingredients

25 g fresh yeast
315 ml tepid water
250 ml

Europe
Ireland
Bread
Vegetarian

Method

In a small bowl, crumble the yeast into 65ml of the tepid water, sprinkle on a pinch of granulated sugar and leave to sponge for about 5 minutes. It will have a creamy, slightly frothy appearance on top.

In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the remaining 250ml tepid water with the tepid milk, sugar, melted butter, salt, eggs and 285g flour. Beat together with the paddle attachment for