Cinnamon Swirl Bread Machine Recipe

Makes Two Delicious Loaves!

• 1 cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup butter
• 4 cups bread flour
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt

• 1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons softened butter, divided
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Directions

1. Place milk, eggs, 1/4 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 dough cycle is complete, transfer dough to a floured work surface and punch down. Let dough rest for 10 minutes.
2. Mix walnuts, brown sugar, and cinnamon in a bowl.
3. Divide dough in half and roll each half into a rectangle about 9x14 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.
4. Grease 2 9x5-inch loaf pans. Fit the rolled loaves into the loaf pans with seam sides down. Cover and let rise until nearly doubled in size, about 30 minutes.
5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
6. Bake loaves in the preheated oven until lightly golden brown and bread sounds hollow when tapped, about 30 minutes. 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. 

Bread Machine Cinnamon Rolls

• 1 1/4 cups warm milk (Put in your microwave for about 45 seconds.)
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons bread machine yeast

1. Grease bread machine. Place all ingredients in order recommended by your bread machine manufacturer. (I just put them in the bread machine in the order the recipe goes.)
2. Start the dough cycle. (Mine takes about 1 1/2 hours on the dough cycle.)
3. When the dough cycle is complete put it on a floured surface.
4. Preheat oven to 375
5. Roll out to about 12 x 15″

Fill with the following:

1. Take 1/3 cup of softened butter and spread it on the dough.
2. Mix 1/2 cup of brown sugar with 1 tablespoon of cinnamon and sprinkle over butter. Pat it down a little with a spoon or wax paper.
3. Begin to roll it tightly. You will have a long log. Cut into rolls. Will make 15-20 rolls. If you want to make them in the morning just wrap tightly with plastic wrap and keep the in the refrigerator.
4. Place rolls on a cookie sheet.

Bake at 375 for about 20 minutes. (could be less just check it after 15 minutes) Do not over bake because all the filling will come out the bottom and the rolls will be dry.

Cream Cheese Frosting

• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons milk (you can add more if you want it runnier)
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Spread over hot cinnamon rolls and enjoy! You can reheat the cinnamon rolls in the microwave for 15-20 seconds and they will be just as delicious!

Festive Coconut Bread

This recipe comes from the kitchen of my friend Beth Stimpson! She brought some over to us at Christmastime and it was gone in a flash. I begged for the recipe and she was so kind as to share with me. I have made it many times since, this bread freezes great! My recipe card is getting a little gunky, so at the risk of losing the recipe forever, I am posting it here! Thanks Beth for sharing your holiday family favorite with us!

Festive Coconut Bread

Mix
4 Eggs
2 C Sugar
1 C oil
2 tsp Coconut extract

Add & Mix
3 C flour
1/2 tsp soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

Add
1 c buttermilk
1 c coconut
1 c chopped walnuts(optional) havent tried this yet

Pour in greased pans and Bake at 325.
Small loaves take about 40 minutes
Large loaves take closer to an hour

Make glaze shortly before you pull the bread out of the oven, I usually do this when the timer says 15 minutes.

1 c sugar
1/2 c water
2 T butter
Boil 5 minutes, stir in 1 tsp coconut extract

Pour over loaves when taken from oven, wait 5 minutes or so then remove bread from pan to cool.

It might look like an intimidating recipe, but its really pretty easy. The results are fabulous. I like to make all mini loaves and then freeze some for easy gift giving later!