Just Like Mom Would Make...but bread!

So, my mom makes this Betty Crocker Coffee Cake that is PHENOMINAL! It is probably the best coffee cake ever. When I was little I wouldn't eat it. Why? Because I thought it's name rang true...COFFEE cake. I hated coffee. As soon as I took the leap and tried it, I never looked back.

When my mom makes it, we practically have to fight each other to get a piece. Especially if my brother-in-law Rich is there. He has been know to hide the pan in his car.

I love cinnamon! And brown sugar! I am the person that eats the lumps of brown sugar...is that odd?  I have a life long love affair with cinnamon toast, cinnamon cereals and also cinnamon essential oils. YUMMY!! My kids now have this same love... they drive me crazy with the amount of cinnamon/sugar they use when making toast. We have a special "CINNAMON/SUGAR" shaker so it can easily be applied to their butter soaked toast. See??? I'm totally a healthy mom!! ;) Sidebar: I hate butter. I hate everything about it. I would NEVER put it on my toast or bread...I'll eat it in something, but never, ever on anything. Bleh.

Anyways...when I came across this recipe for Cinnamon Coffee Cake Bread, I never dreamed it would be this good! I baked a loaf on Sunday when my mom was still here. I ended up sending it home with her to eat! I immediately made another 2 loaves! Seriously so good! And super easy! I don't like anything that takes a lot of time or energy to make. The hardest thing about this recipe is the buttermilk! I always have some on hand...for pancakes...but a lot of people don't. So if you don't have buttermilk in your fridge I highly suggest you grab some and make this quick bread!

Cinnamon Coffee Cake Bread

Ingredients:

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup butter at room temperature

1 cup white sugar

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup buttermilk

1 cup brown sugar

2 heaping tablespoons ground cinnamon

 

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9x5 inch loaf pan with non stick spray. Mix the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl and set aside. Mix the buttermilk and vanilla in a measuring cup and set aside. Mix the brown sugar and cinnamon together in a bowl and set aside. In a bowl cream the butter and white sugar together and then add in the eggs one at a time. Add 1/3 of the flour mixture and mix to combine, then add 1/2 of the buttermilk mixture. Repeat this and end with the flour. Pour 1/3 of the batter into the prepared pan and top with 1/3 of the cinnamon mixture, repeat so that the final layer of cinnamon mixture is the topping on the bread. Bake for 50-60 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.

 

 

XOXOXO

PS...I now LOVE, LOVE, LOVE coffee.