Cinnamon Sugar Pull Apart Bread

Sweet, gooey Cinnamon Sugar Pull Apart bread flavored with cinnamon and sugar is like a cinnamon roll in a loaf! Perfect for breakfast, dessert, or coffee!

My oldest son (who is a very moody 9) asked me the other day if we could make bread together. I used to bake bread a lot but for one reason or another I haven’t in a while.  To hear him ask if *we* could make bread together was huge for me as a mama-I of course started pulling out ingredients immediately.  (I can’t even remember the last time he actually wanted to hang out in the kitchen with me!) I decided to make this sweet, delicious Cinnamon Sugar Pull Apart Bread so we could enjoy it for dessert that evening.

This bread does have a bit of a time investment due to the the rising of the dough in multiple stages, but the recipes are simple enough and it’s pretty fail-safe. The yeasty dough is coated with butter and a cinnamon sugar mixture then baked to perfection. The top of the loaf comes out with a slight crisp while the bottom and interior is soft and coated with the most amazing syrupy flavor.  It’s like a cinnamon roll in loaf form!

Ingredients:

• 2 ¼ tsp active yeast (1 packet)
• 2 tablespoons warm water
• pinch granulated sugar
• 3 cups flour
• ¼ cup sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ⅓ cup melted butter (4 tbsp)
• ⅓ cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon molasses
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon nutmeg
• ⅓ cup melted butter (4 tbsp)

Instructions:

In a small bowl combine warm water, pinch of sugar and yeast. Set aside until frothy. In a large stand mixer (affiliate link) bowl combine flour, ¼ cup sugar and salt. Stir to mix. Add ⅓ cup melted butter, milk, yeast mixture, molasses and eggs one at a time while mixing at low speed. Remove dough from mixer to a greased bowl-dough will be very sticky. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and allow to rise for 1 hour.

Dough will double in size, punch dough to deflate and knead in an additional 2 tbsp of flour.  Cover for an additional 10 minutes.  Meanwhile grease and flour a 9″ bread pan and mix 1 cup sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Set aside.

On a lightly floured surface or silicon mat roll dough out as thin as you can without it breaking-mine usually ends up being about the size of my silicon baking mat- about 12 by 18 inches. Brush melted butter over the entire surface and thoroughly coat with cinnamon sugar mixture. Use a pizza cutter to cut the dough into 2″ strips. Stack strips and cut again to form 2″ squares. Arrange dough in bread pan by laying stacks of dough on it’s side. Cover and allow to rise an additional 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake bread for 30-35 minutes until a deep golden brown (this ensures the bread is cooked thoroughly on the inside.) Allow to cool 15 minutes.  To remove, loosen bread by running butter knife around the edges first. Serve immediately, store in an airtight container up to 3 days.

Adapted from Hungry Girl Por Vida

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Please let me know what you think if you try it!