Sweet Tooth Tuesday: Cinnamon Burst Bread

I LOVE cinnamon bread!  (as in, I will eat the whole loaf myself and bite the hand off anyone who tries to take it away from me) Especially from Great Harvest, even though I don't get a chance to go there very often.  One day, I found this recipe and decided to try it.  I was instantly in love once I tried them!  They have just the right amount of cinnamon as to not over power it and be a sweet bread.The rolls are nice and soft and fluffy.  Serve it with some cinnamon butter or just plain ol' butter and it is yummy!!  My hubby even suggested some some icing like with cinnamon rolls.  I may have to try that......

Cinnamon Burst Rolls

4 1/4 - 4 3/4 c. all purpose flour 1 T. active dry yeast 1 c. milk 1/3 c. granulated sugar 1/3 c. butter, margarine or shortening 3/4 t. salt 2 beaten eggs, room temperature 1/2 c. cinnamon chips Put 2 c. flour in mixing bowl. Add yeast, gluten and salt. Mix well. Put whole  eggs (shell and all) in a drinking glass and fill up with hot tap water; set aside to  bring eggs to room temp. In a microwave safe bowl, combine milk, sugar, butter  and cook until butter is almost melted. Stir until butter and sugar is dissolved. Drain  water from eggs. Add eggs to milk mixture. Pour into flour mixture and mix well. Allow  to rest for 10 minutes.  Add rest of flour, one cup at a time until dough clings to hook and almost cleans the sides. When adding the last 1/2 c. of flour, add 1/2 c. cinnamon chips and knead for 2-3 minutes.  If you try to knead any longer, the heat may begin to dissolve the chips prematurely.  Touch dough lightly. Add more flour if dough sticks to your fingers. Knead for 3-4 minutes.  Dough should be soft, smooth, elastic, wet, and not sticky. Scrape down sides of bowl,  oil the top, and cover with plastic wrap. Allow to rise to double in warm,  draft free place (in oven with pan of hot tap water underneath) for 30 minutes. Divide dough into 2 piles. Shape into balls and cover with plastic wrap.  Allow dough to rest for 5 minutes. Shape as desired and place on greased baking sheet.  Cover with plastic wrap; allow to rise for 20-30 minutes. Bake in 375° oven for 12-14 minutes or until golden brown. The original had the chips intact but when I shaped the dough, my cinnamon chips were  melted so they swirled into the dough.  I like it this way better.  The reason my dough was  warmer was I used my oven (actually had the oven turned on, not just letting the bowl sit)  to speed up the rise time.  Just put your oven on warm and place the bowl in the oven and  it cuts the time in half.  (I place a towel on a cookie sheet and then put the bowl on top so I  don't get a melted bowl) Also, if you want to do this as a loaf of bread (yum!) just follow the same directions except  instead of balls, shape it into a loaf pan.  You will need to cook it longer, I'm not sure of the  exact time but around 20-30 minutes should work (the way I test is if the top is golden brown and makes a hollow sound when you knock on it). ps.  I have to give my other blog a quick shout out Come check out my blog Loving Life One Meal at a Time for some other fun recipes too =)

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