Nana's Cinnamon Bread- Taste Test Tuesday

For Taste Test Tuesday today, I'm going to attempt to make a favorite childhood recipe of mine. Every time we would go over to my Nana's house, I would hope that she would have some cinnamon bread that we could have for breakfast. She would toast it up and slather butter on it and it was so yummy!

So, let's see how I did!

Here's the recipe:

Nana's Cinnamon Bread

2 pkg. yeast

1/2c. warm water

1 tablespoon sugar

1 c. boiling water

1/2 c. shortening

1 c. cold water

1 c. sugar

1 tablespoon salt

2 beaten eggs

7 1/2 c. flour

1/2 stick of butter or margarine

cinnamon & sugar

Frosting: powdered sugar, milk and vanilla.

In a small bowl, dissolve 2 pkg. yeast in 1/2 c. warm water and 1 tablespoon sugar. Set aside.

In a mixing bowl, combine : 1 cup bowling water, 1/2 cup shortening, 1 cup cold water, 1 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon salt and 2 beaten eggs.

Once combined, slowly add half of the 7 & 1/2 flour, then add the yeast mixture and then the remaining flour. Mix until dough forms into a ball.

Let rise in a greased bowl covered with greased plastic wrap or a towel, about an hour in a warm place.

Put out on counter top and knead until all the bubbles are out. Next divide the dough into 3 equal parts.

Here's how my dough looked

Then form into a square, not sure how big, but about this big! :)

Spread with butter and then sprinkle heavily with cinnamon and sugar.

Once you have done this, roll into a loaf with seam side down. Make sure to tuck in the ends.

Place in a greased loaf pan and let rise for 1-2 hours depending on the heat in your house. It took mine a long time to rise. You will want it to be about an inch above the top of the loaf pan.

Repeat this process 2 more times.

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes and the top sounds hollow when you tap on it.

Here's my finished loaf. Pretty huh?? Well, it wouldn't be right of me to keep from you that 2 of my other loaves were not so pretty. Here's a picture.

The picture really doesn't do it justice, but it was definitely flat and not as beautiful as my other one. Don't worry though, it still tastes good!

Lastly, combine powdered sugar, milk and vanilla to make a yummy frosting.

Here's the finished product from my reject loaf. Yummy!