Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Cinnamon Swirl Bread (TWD)

This week's Tuesdays With Dorie recipe for Raisin Swirl Bread is all about my baking frenemy, YEAST. Once in a blue moon, I will experience baking success with yeast. However, more times than not I've ended up with some pretty spectacular fails, and vowing during those moments to never to bake with yeast ever again (okay, I'm being a little melodramatic).

With this bread recipe, I'm happy to say that I've experienced yeast success! I opted to nix the raisins, but followed the rest of the recipe as written. Initially, as the dough was coming together it was soft and sticky, so the stand mixer w. dough hook definitely came in handy.
WOW - this bread was delicious! I've been taking nice thick slices of this bread, slathering them with butter and cinnamon sugar, and popping them in the toaster oven to make unbelievably yummy cinnamon toast.
Thanks to Susan of Food.Baby for making this fantastic selection, and helping me resolve my love/hate relationship with yeast. I highly encourage you to make this delicious bread - the complete recipe can be found at Susan's blog.

20 comments:

Rachel said...

Oh wow what PERFECT swirls! Your bread is gorgeous!

Paula said...

It's hard to believe you have a fear of yeast when I look at your pictures. Appears you are well on your way to mastering the stuff.

Natalie said...

love your swirl. definitely a success!

Kayte said...

I just knew yours would look perfect, and I was right! Love, love, love the swirl you got.

Carol Peterman/TableFare said...

You definitely have a success on your hands with this one! I really like how many swirls you got. I think I will roll my dough larger next time to get extra wraps of the filling.

Susi's Kochen und Backen said...

Your bread looks like a masterpiece! Wish I had a piece right now to go with my coffee :o)

Beryl said...

Check out that swirl-fab! I have an often tenuous relationship with yeast but this bread came out perfectly. Gotta love that Dorie.

Tia said...

i love how artsy and different everybody's swirls look! it's beautiful!

TeaLady said...

BEAUTIFUL Bread. Beautiful swirl.

Looks like you and yeast are friends again. YAY!!

Aaron John said...

WOW!! Your cinnamon swirl bread looks perfect!! Perfect swirls and no big gaps in the roll!! Great job!

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Flourchild said...

you are SO right this bread is delicious! I loved it and my family really loved the french toast!!

Mary @Delightful Bitefuls said...

Wow! This is one perfect and delicious looking bread! I'm mighty impressed!

xxMK
Delightful Bitefuls

Eliana said...

WOW - look at that swirl. Your bread looks picture perfect!!!!

Ingrid_3Bs said...

That's some seriously swirly cinnamon swirl bread! :) Good idea leaving out the raisins, VERY good idea.
~ingrid

steph- whisk/spoon said...

a definite success!! and what a swirl--it's almost hypnotic! :)

Sophia said...

Wow, this swirl looks fabulous! Awesome job!! I'm sure it tastes just as good as it looks. Thanks for posting this. I just made Apple-Cinnamon Cream Cheese Swirl Loaf and it was delicious, but the swirl wasn't as great as yours.

The Urban Baker said...

my kids would love me to the moon and back if i made them this for breakfast tomorrow! yours is a beauty!

Monica H said...

beautiful! I just made cinnamon swirl bread from BBA and it was delicious. I might have to try this recipe next.

Jo said...

yummy! cinnamon swirl bread, looks awesome! Next time try it with nutella and chocolate chips...

Jessica said...

Congratulations on a job very well done! The cake looks delicious and I can imagine just how yummy it is with all that butter, cinnamon and sugar on it.

I'd have made mine with raisins and nuts, but I'm greedy like that! lol

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