Never Made Bread?? Here's Your Recipe!

This Cinnamon Swirl Bread recipe is so easy to make you’ll come back to it again and again. Start with a basic bread recipe, add a buttery cinnamon-y swirl, and bake it up.

Let’s Bake Some Bread

Cinnamon swirl bread on a cutting board with cinnamon sticks around it. — Cinnamon Swirl Bread. Photo Credit: Little House Big Alaska

Don’t know HOW to make bread?? The recipe has ALL the tips and tricks you need to know to make bread!

Let’s Bake: Cinnamon Swirl Bread

Everything You Need to Make This Bread

Ingredients for Cinnamon Swirl bread — Cinnamon Swirl Bread Ingredients. Photo Credit: Little House Big Alaska

First up gather your ingredients, You’ll need all-purpose flour, rapid-rise yeast, sugar, milk, butter, cinnamon, and salt.

Grab the FULL recipe: Cinnamon Swirl Bread

Mix It Up

Dry ingredients for cinnamon swirl bread in the bowl of a stand mixer — Cinnamon Swirl Bread. Photo Credit: Little House Big Alaska

I’ve used a stand mixer to make this bread but you don’t need one. You can easily stir the ingredients together in a mixing bowl with a wooden spoon.

Grab the Recipe: Cinnamon Swirl Bread

Knead Some Help??

Finished kneaded bread dough in the mixing bowl of a stand mixer. — Cinnamon Swirl Bread Dough. Photo Credit: Little House Big Alaska

Once you’re done mixing, it’s time to knead the dough. Kneading develops gluten which is the protein in the flour. It helps the dough be soft and stretchy enough to grow when the yeast does its magic. You can knead it by hand; you don’t need a mixer.

Get Kneading Tips Here: Cinnamon Swirl Bread

Rising Time

Proofed bread dough in a stand mixer bowl. — Cinnamon Swirl Bread Dough. Photo Credit: Little House Big Alaska

Time to prove the bread dough. To prove yeast doughs you need to put them in an oiled bowl, turn to coat, and cover. Place the bowl of dough in a warm place and let it double in size.

Grab the Recipe: Cinnamon Swirl Bread