Nothing like Fresh Bread

With summer coming to a quick close, I figure I should do lots of baking now to get it out of my system before the rush of the school year hits. My dad was going to Florida to meet my mom, so I made him some Cinnamon Swirl Bread for his flight. Here's how it went:

Here are the ingredients, plus milk.


The eggs are thickening...

The dry ingredients (flour, baking powder and salt) getting ready to go into the egg.

This is the texture with all of the ingredients.


To grease the pan, I used Crisco and flour.
**(Anything tends to burn if you just use cooking spray.)


I accidentally mixed the sugar, cinnamon and butter all together instead of pouring the butter on top, but I just spread it all over the loaf. It still had a pretty swirl, and I think it would taste exactly the same.

Voila! The finished product.

And here is the official recipe:

Butter Swirl Bread from the Yankee Hill Inn Bed and Breakfast
Loaf:
*2 eggs
*1/2 cup sugar
*1/2 cup butter, melted
*2 cups flour
*3 teaspoons baking powder
*1/2 teaspoon salt
*3/4 cup milk

Topping:
*1/3 cup sugar
*2 teaspoons cinnamon
*1/4 cup butter, melted

*Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
*With an electric mixer, beat the eggs until thick. Add the sugar and 1/2 cup butter.
*In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder and salt. Stir the dry ingredients into the egg mixture alternately with the milk, blending well.
*Pour batter into the pan.
*To make the topping, combine the sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle over the batter. Pour the remaining butter over the batter. Cut through the batter with a knife, swirling the batter.
*Bake for 40-45 minutes. (Mine was perfect at 40.)

**This bread was tasty and tender. The whole house smelled like cinnamon.