Experimental Baking

The other day I found a recipe on this blog via Pinterest that I absolutely wanted to try (it's called Cinnaburst Bread).  It looked so yummy but pretty simple to make too. The task before I could start on the en-devour was to find Cinnamon Chips. Yes that's not a typos. Cinnamon chips. They're like chocolate chips except cinnamon. 

Who knew? I had to try 4 different stores to find them. 4 stores! Wal-Mart and Macey's held no luck but then again I wasn't holding my breath on finding it there. Winco didn't have them either. My saving grace was Hilary Durrans who actually called Bosch in Orem (a home appliance & kitchen gadget store) and asked them if they carried them. So Saturday I stopped by after my eye appointment and bought some. They smell so yummy!! It was hard to not just eat them & save them for the recipe I wanted to try. 

If you know me at all you know that I love, love, love, love! homemade bread. I don't make it that often funny enough. But when I found this cinnamon breadish recipe online I just had to try it. 

Cinnaburst Bread:

Ingredients-

1 cup warm water

1 cup warm mill

1/3 cup sugar

2 1/4 teaspoon yeast (or 1 packet)

1/3 cup oil

1/2 tablespoon

1 egg

4 1/2 - 5 1/5 cups flour

1 cup cinnamon chips

Directions-

-Combine yeast, sugar, warm water, & warm milk. Let bubble for about 5 minutes

-Add oil & egg

-Slowly add 2 cups flour, mix & then add salt

-Add 1/2 cup flour at a time until the dough comes away from side of bowl. 

-Add cinnamon chips when dough is close to the right consistency. The dough will be very sticky but the softer the dough the lighter the bread.

-Let dough rise for 30 minutes

-Form into loaves (will make 2)

-Let use an additional 30 minutes

Bake at 350 degrees for 30-45 minutes & enjoy :)

Before baking:

After baking:

The pictures aren't that great....but it turned out pretty good. It was a good experiment and I was very satisfied with the results. Pretty easy. You should try it :-) I think I'll take some to work for everyone to try. Don't you wish you were one of my co-workers? Be jealous.