Cinnamon Swirl Quick Bread with Streusel Topping

Cinnamon swirl quick bread is easy to make and delicious. Filled with a ribbon of cinnamon and topped with crunchy streusel. 

Good morning friends, I hope that you are having a wonderful week. Are you counting the days to warmer weather and more daylight? I can’t lie, I like cozy season, the cold, dark days give me lots of excuses to bake my favorite sweet treats, like this Cinnamon Swirl Quick bread. Similar to my favorite cinnamon sour cream coffee cake but in a loaf form this sweet bread is sure to become a family favorite.

Cinnamon is one of my favorite flavors, along with almond. They both take me back to happy days baking with my siblings and my grandmother. On the weekend my grandmother let us “help” her make yeasted cinnamon rolls, nut rolls, and prune rolls(my least favorite). At the end of the day there were so many rolls they filled two turkey roasting pans.

Why You will Like This Recipe

• It’s a quick bread! There are no special ingredients or equipment needed.
• It is filled with the warm spice of cinnamon in the bread and the crunchy streusel.
• You get your favorite coffee house treat at home.
• This bread is a delicious addition to your everyday table, as well as, your holiday table. It makes a greatgift to give at the holidays or to add to a basket of goodies for a sick friend or relative.

What You Need to Make Cinnamon Swirl Quick Bread

This cinnamon swirl bread recipe comes together easily and is made with pantry items that you probably already have. As always when baking use the best ingredients possible they make the end result taste better.

• 1 stick unsalted butter softened
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 1/2 cup sour cream or Greek Yogurt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• pinch of fresh ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder

For the Cinnamon Swirl

• 1/3 cup granulated Sugar
• 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

For the streusel topping

• 5 tablespoon butter cold
• 2/3 cup brown sugar packed
• 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• 1 to 1 + 1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon(to your taste)

Glaze

• 1/2 cup powdered sugar sifted
• 1/2 tablespoon softened butter(optional)
• 1-3 Tablespoon milk

Cinnamon Quick Bread Instructions

• Pre-heat oven to 350° F. Line a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper and spray with cooking spray. Set aside.
• In a small bowl combine cinnamon and the sugar for the swirl mixture and set aside.
• Make the streusel, add the cold butter, brown sugar, cinnamon and flour to a bowl. Using a pastry blender, 2 knives or your hands mix together until crumbly and about the size of peas. I like to squeeze the mixture together with my hands for larger streusel chunks.
• In a large bowl sift together the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, nutmeg and the salt.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer cream the butter and the granulated sugar together. Add the egg and mix well, be sure to stop the mixer and scrape the sides and the bottom of the bowl.
• Then add the milk, sour cream, and vanilla extract and mix together.Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until combined and smooth.
• Pour half of the batter into the prepared loaf pan, sprinkle the cinnamon sugar mixture over the top. Evenly add the remaining batter to the top of the cinnamon mixture, smooth it out if necessary. You can swirl the cake batter with a butter knife or skewer if you want the cinnamon sugar layer to have more of a swirl pattern.
• Add the streusel topping over the top of the bread batter.
• Bake in preheated oven for 55-65 minutes or until a cake tester or toothpick inserted into the middle of the loaf comes out clean. Bake time may vary depending upon your oven and the size of the pan that you use.
• Once the bread is finished, remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes in the pan. Then remove and let cool completely on a wire rack.
• While bread bakes mix together the softened butter, powder sugar and milk to get a pourable consistency. Drizzle the top of your cinnamon bread with icing and enjoy.

How to store homemade cinnamon swirl bread

Store room temperature bread wrapped in plastic or in an airtight container. You can also freeze the quick bread for up to 3 months, simply wrap in plastic wrap then aluminum foil.

Looking for more yummy quick bread recipes? Try Cinnamon Applesauce Bread, Cinnamon Swirl Pumpkin Bread, Old Fashion Date and Walnut Bread. 

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Cinnamon Swirl Quick Bread with Streusel Topping

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Cinnamon swirl quick bread is easy to make and delicious. Filled with a ribbon of cinnamon and topped with crunchy streusel.

• Total Time: 0 hours
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Ingredients

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• 1 stick unsalted butter softened
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 1/2 cup sour cream or Greek Yogurt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• pinch of fresh ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder

For the Cinnamon Swirl

• 1/3 cup granulated Sugar
• 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

For the streusel topping

• 5 tablespoon butter cold
• 2/3 cup brown sugar packed
• 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• 1–1 + 1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon(to your taste)

Glaze

• 1/2 cup powdered sugar sifted
• 1/2 tablespoon softened butter(optional)
• 1–3 Tablespoon milk

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Instructions

Cinnamon Quick Bread Instructions

• Pre-heat oven to 350° F. Line a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper and spray with cooking spray. Set aside.
• In a small bowl combine cinnamon and the sugar for the swirl mixture and set aside.
• Make the streusel, add the cold butter, brown sugar, cinnamon and flour to a bowl. Using a pastry blender, 2 knives or your hands mix together until crumbly and about the size of peas. I like to squeeze the mixture together with my hands for larger streusel chunks.
• In a large bowl sift together the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, nutmeg and the salt.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer cream the butter and the granulated sugar together. Add the egg and mix well, be sure to stop the mixer and scrape the sides and the bottom of the bowl.
• Then add the milk, sour cream, and vanilla extract and mix together.Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until combined and smooth.
• Pour half of the batter into the prepared loaf pan, sprinkle the cinnamon sugar mixture over the top. Evenly add the remaining batter to the top of the cinnamon mixture, smooth it out if necessary. You can swirl the cake batter with a butter knife or skewer if you want the cinnamon sugar layer to have more of a swirl pattern.
• Add the streusel topping over the top of the bread batter.
• Bake in preheated oven for 55-65 minutes or until a cake tester or toothpick inserted into the middle of the loaf comes out clean. Bake time may vary depending upon your oven and the size of the pan that you use.
• Once the bread is finished, remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes in the pan. Then remove and let cool completely on a wire rack.
• Mix together the softened butter, powder sugar and milk to get a pourable consistency. Drizzle the top of your cinnamon bread with icing and enjoy.

Notes

If you like extra spice feel free to increase the amount of cinnamon in the swirl and the streusel.

• Author: Elizabeth
• Prep Time: 15
• Cook Time: 55-65
• Category: Bread
• Method: Baked