Cinnamon and Sugar Swirl Bread

 

• ▢Bread:
  1 cup unsalted butter, softened
  2 cups sugar
  2 eggs
  1 Tablespoons vanilla extract
  2 cups buttermilk
  4 cups flour
  2 teaspoons baking soda
  1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  
  Cinnamon swirl:
  1/3 cup of sugar for the
  2 Teaspoons ground cinnamon
  
  
  Preheat the oven to 350F. Spray bread pans with oil.
  
  
• In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat together the butter and 2 cups sugar until light and fluffy.
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  Add the eggs and vanilla extract. Combine until mixed well, scraping down the sides as needed.
  
  
• Combine the flour and baking soda. Add flour alternating with buttermilk. until combined. Do not overmix. 
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  Pour 1/2 of the batter into 2 bread pans.
  
  
• Mix the 1/3 cup of sugar with the 2 teaspoons of cinnamon.
  
  
• Sprinkle 1/4 of the mixture on top of the batter in the bread pans.
  
  
• Divide the remaining batter between the two bread pans and top with remaining cinnamon-sugar mixture.
  
  
• Use a knife to create swirls on the top. *
  
  
  
  
  
• Bake for 45-60 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center.
  
  
• Allow the bread to rest on a cooling sheet in the bread pans for about 20 minutes.
  Remove the bread from the pan and allow to cool fully.

*I actually used an ice pick to create the swirls. You could also use a skewer if you have one. 

I added apple butter! Yum!