Delicious Cinnamon Bread

Here is another recipe that I got from my sister-in-law, Mary. I've made this quite a few times and it's never failed me. I got a lot of recipes from her that I've made over the years. I do love to spend a lot of time in the kitchen and intend on doing more of that upon retirement. That's probably not a good thing. ;) This recipe smells so nice when it's baking.  It tastes even better! 


Cinnamon Bread


1/4 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup sour milk*


* To sour the milk, add 1 tablespoon of white vinegar to a measuring cup and fill to correct measurement with milk and then stir to mix it well. It sours upon standing. 


Preheat oven to 350 F. 


Cream butter and sugar then add eggs and vanilla.  Mix dry ingredients in a separate bowl. To the butter mixture, add the sour milk and the dry ingredients alternately, until just mixed.


In a small dish, blend:


3 tablespoons of brown sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon. 


Spread 1/3 of the batter in a greased loaf pan.  Cover with half of the cinnamon mixture. Cover that with another 1/3 of the batter, then the last part of the cinnamon mixture.  Finish with the last 1/3 of batter mixture. Cut through the batter with a knife (to swirl the cinnamon around a bit). 


Bake at 350 F for one hour.