Soft homemade white bread with beautiful swirls of buttery cinnamon and sugar. The perfect bread for french toast, eating plain or toasted with butter.
2¾-3¼cups(385g)bread flour all-purpose can work too
1tablespoonsoftened butter
2-3tablespoon(2tablespoon)granulated sugar
1-2tablespoon(1tablespoon)cinnamon
Instructions
Combine warm water, sugar and yeast in a large mixing bowl. Let stand for about 10 minutes until the yeast gets bubbly and proofs.
Add 2 tablespoon butter and salt and one cup of flour and mix until combined. Add more flour about ½ cup at a time mixing through out until the dough begins to pull away from the sides of the bowl. Then you know you have added enough flour.
Knead in a mixer for about 2-3 minutes or double that if doing by hand.
Cover dough and let it rise until it's doubled in size, about 45-60 minutes depending on the temp of the house. Punch down and then rise for a second time, about 30-45 minutes this time.
Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface into a long rectangle. Cover the top with 1 tablespoon softened butter, then sugar and cinnamon.
Tightly roll the loaf up, tuck in the ends and place in a greased loaf pan with the seam side down. Allow to rise again until about an inch or so over the pan.
Bake at 350 F for 30 minutes. It will be a nice golden brown on the top when done. Remove from pan immediately onto a cooling rack and brush the top with a little extra butter. Allow to cool completely before cutting, or it will collapse.
Notes
This bread also works great without the added cinnamon and sugar as a basic white loaf.You want the dough to be slightly tacky when handling it, but not completely sticking to your fingers.I have given both cups and grams as measurements. Grams will be more precise, especially when measuring flour. If you don’t have a kitchen scale, no problem! Just lightly spoon flour into your measuring cup to insure its not packed in there. Light and fluffy is the key.