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Cinnamon bread

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alcohol-free vegetarian
Description
Cinnamon is a wonderful spice that is extracted from the bark of the cinnamon tree. You know it mostly from Christmas baking, where it gives a great aroma to mulled wine, baked apples and little cinnamon stars. Cinnamon is a great spice and not only at Christmas time. And because it is, we have a delicious bread for you. You'll love your cinnamon filling!

Ingredients for

For the dough

420 g wheat flour, type 550
60 g cooked potatoes, mashed
21 g yeast, fresh
1 Pinch(es) salt
40 g cane sugar
80 g butter, soft
250 ml milk, warm

For the cinnamon filling

60 g cane sugar
1 Tablespoon(s) cinnamon, ground
1 Tablespoon(s) wheat flour, type 550
1 egg
1 Tablespoon(s) water

Preparation

  • Preparation time: 1 h 15 min
  • Cooking time: 45 min
  • Total time: 2 h

Note

Our bread/cake recipes are/were usually developed for a specific mould. Please select the appropriate quantity for your tin in our portion calculator:

20cm loaf tin corresponds to approx. 5 portions 
25cm loaf tin corresponds to approx. 10 portions 
30cm loaf tin corresponds to approx. 18 portions 
Batzen tin corresponds to approx. 7 portions 
Mini loaf tin corresponds to approx. 8 portions 

The baking time may also need to be adjusted, but cannot be converted across the board. A little help: When the bread/cake looks ready, you can either test it with a stick or carefully remove it from the tin with a baking glove and tap the bottom of the loaf. If it sounds hollow, the bread is most likely baked through.

Prepare the dough

1
Put the ingredients for the dough into a mixing bowl and knead until smooth.
2
Leave to rise in a warm place for one hour until the dough has doubled in size.
3
Roll out the dough on a floured work surface (approx. 25 x 50 cm).
4
Preheat the oven to 180°C top/bottom heat.

Prepare the cinnamon filling

1
Mix the egg with the water in a cup and brush the rolled out dough with half of the egg-water mixture.
2
Mix the cane sugar, cinnamon and flour for the filling in a separate cup and sprinkle completely over the pastry. Then roll up tightly from the short side.
3
Place the dough roll, seam side down, in the loaf tin and leave to rise, covered, for another hour.

Bake the cinnamon bread

1
Brush the dough with the remaining egg and water mixture and bake in a preheated oven for 45 minutes.
2
Caution: If the bread gets too dark, simply cover the tin with aluminium foil halfway through the baking time!