Cinnamon Swirl Bread for the Bread Machine Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1cupmilk
- 2eggs
- ¼cupbutter,plus 2 tbsp softened butter for brushing
- 4cupsbread flour
- ¼cupwhite sugar
- 1tspsalt
- 1½tspactive dry yeast
- ½cupwalnuts,chopped
- ½cupbrown sugar,packed
- 2tspground cinnamon
- 2tspconfectioners’ sugar,sifted, divided
Instructions:
- Place milk, eggs, ¼ cup butter, bread flour, sugar, salt, and yeast into a bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer, select the dough setting and start the machine.
- When the dough cycle is complete, transfer the dough to a floured work surface and punch down. Let dough rest for 10 minutes.
- Mix walnuts, brown sugar, and cinnamon in a bowl.
- Divide dough in half and roll each half into a rectangle about 9×14-inches. Spread 1 tablespoon softened butter over the top of each dough rectangle and evenly sprinkle dough with half the walnut mixture.
- Roll dough rectangles, starting from the short ends, and pinch seams closed.
- Grease 2 9×5-inch loaf pans. Fit the rolled loaves into the loaf pans with seam sides down. Cover and let rise for about 30 minutes until nearly doubled in size.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Bake loaves in the preheated oven for about 30 minutes until lightly golden brown and bread sounds hollow when tapped. If loaves brown too quickly, lightly cover with aluminum foil for the last 10 minutes of baking.
- Let bread cool for 10 minutes before removing to finish cooling on wire racks. Sprinkle the tops of each loaf with 1 teaspoon confectioners’ sugar.
- Serve and enjoy.
