What is it about the smell of cinnamon bread baking in the oven that puts smiles on the faces of your loved ones? It’s powerful enough to draw them out of bed earlier than they may have wanted during the holiday season. They are happy to rise and shine when they know home-baked cinnamon bread will soon be on the table.
There will be plenty of sweet breakfast breads served during the upcoming season. You can bet banana bread, cranberry nut loaf and pumpkin bread will find their way onto my kitchen table. But there’s just something about cinnamon bread that answers the call of Christmas, each slice, warm and buttery with the unmistakable taste of cinnamon running through it.
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Years ago while thumbing through one of my mother’s recipe files, I found this recipe for her cinnamon bread, and, honestly, found it to be a little too dry for my taste. I add sour cream to most of my sweet breakfast breads, so the second time I made it, I added sour cream and have been making it that way ever since. The texture is moist and perfect with a slightly crunchy crust on the outside. When you add a little butter at the table and it melts through each slice, I’ll be surprised if you have much left over at the end of the meal. But if you do, save it because this is a delicious pick-me-up with a cup of coffee in the afternoon.
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