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You are here: Home / breakfast / quick and easy cinnamon roll bread

quick and easy cinnamon roll bread

May 18, 2015 by Abby

Sweet quick bread is topped with rich brown sugar cinnamon swirl & drizzled with sweet powdered sugar icing; classic cinnamon roll flavors without the work. Cinnamon roll bread is a quicker, lighter, healthier alternative to traditional cinnamon rolls.  No yeast required- it's so easy! It’s no secret that I love an easy take on a classic cinnamon roll. My cinnamon roll bars with cream cheese frosting are one of my favorite treats. They’re dense and chewy and smothered in a decadent amount of fluffy frosting. Sometimes, though, I want something a little lighter, both in calories and in texture. When I do, I make this cinnamon roll bread. It’s a light bread with a touch of cinnamon and a rich brown sugar cinnamon swirl. Instead of traditional cream cheese frosting, it’s topped with a powdered sugar glaze. While I wouldn’t try to classify this bread as healthy, it is much lighter than most alternatives. The bread itself contains no butter or oil; it uses plain Greek yogurt and just a half cup of sugar. The ribbon of rich cinnamon and brown sugar adds just the right level of sweetness without overpowering the subtle flavor of the bread. And then- because, let’s be real, we can’t call it cinnamon roll anything without frosting- the whole thing is drizzled with a powdered sugar glaze. Cinnamon roll bread is a quicker, lighter, healthier alternative to traditional cinnamon rolls.  No yeast required- it's so easy!

Cinnamon Roll Bread

adapted from Center Cut Cook

Ingredients

for the bread

2 cups flour
1 tablespoon baking powder (nope, not a typo)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 egg
3/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt

for the swirl


3 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons brown sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 tablespoon water

for the glaze

1/3 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon milk

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, add all of the dry ingredients for the bread and mix well. Add all of the wet ingredients, and then stir until everything is combined. Pour the bread mixture into a greased bread pan (8×4 or 9×5 work best). For the swirl, combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix until combined. Plop spoonfuls of the swirl on top of the bread and use a knife to work the swirl into the bread. You want the swirl to be sitting on top and mixed just below the surface; you don’t want it to be completely incorporated into the bread.

Bake the bread for 37 to to 42 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes of clean (the toothpick might have some of the swirl on it, but it shouldn’t have any bread). Allow the bread to cool slightly in the pan. When it’s cool enough to handle, remove the bread from the pan and allow it to finish cooling.

Meanwhile, make the glaze by beating the powdered sugar and milk together (a fork works fine for this). When the bread has cooled completely, drizzle the top with glaze. Or, if you’d rather, just poor the glaze on top of the bread and use the back of a spoon to smooth it around.

Save this Quick & Easy Cinnamon Roll Bread recipe for later!Cinnamon roll bread is a quicker, lighter, healthier alternative to traditional cinnamon rolls.  No yeast required- it's so easy! (this post contains an affiliate link; to learn more, read my disclosure policy)

Filed Under: breakfast, food, in the kitchen, recipes, sweets — Tagged With: baking, bread, cinnamon, cinnamon roll bread, lightened up, recipe, recipes

Comments

  1. Loevens says

    May 18, 2015 at 7:53 am

    Wow this looks so yummy! I’m definately going to be trying that. I love everything with cinnamon,

    • Abby says

      May 18, 2015 at 5:15 pm

      Thank you! I’ve discovered that, as I get older, I love cinnamon more and more.

  2. Ally says

    May 18, 2015 at 7:30 pm

    Wow this was a lot easier than I figured it would be. 🙂

    • Abby says

      May 19, 2015 at 8:37 am

      Yup, it’s really pretty simple! But delicious!

  3. Daisy says

    May 19, 2015 at 1:17 pm

    This looks absolutely delicious! I’ve got to make it soon!!

    • Abby says

      May 20, 2015 at 7:24 am

      Thank you! Let me know what you think when you try it!

  4. Cassandra says

    May 19, 2015 at 1:30 pm

    This looks so delicious to my prego eyes! Doesn’t look to hard to make either! This mama loves cinnamon roles!

    • Abby says

      May 20, 2015 at 7:26 am

      It’s just as mouthwatering as it looks, and it’s pretty simple, too! A great easy alternative to cinnamon rolls.

  5. Free says

    May 25, 2015 at 11:16 am

    This seems so easy to make. I wonder if I can do it. Thanks for sharing on Taste Tuesday!

    • Abby says

      May 25, 2015 at 1:17 pm

      Thank you! I bet you could do it!

  6. Krista - TheQuinntessentialMommy.com says

    June 7, 2015 at 8:37 pm

    This looks so great. Thanks for linking up at MeetUp Monday! You’re a featured link this week! Come check it out and link up again 🙂
    Krista
    http://www.thequinntessentialmommy.com

    • Abby says

      June 7, 2015 at 9:49 pm

      Yay, thanks Krista! I’m headed over now!

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