Sunday School Cinnamon Bread is the perfect treat for when you have the afternoon free and you want to take a stroll through childhood memories! The tender, cake-like bread is loaded with creamy, melted white chocolate and a cinnamon-sugar swirl for more delights than you can believe! A crunchy, brown sugar-cinnamon topping adds lovely texture and even more warm spice goodness to Sunday School Cinnamon Bread! It’s a goody-two-shoes dessert that you’ll be thrilled to share!
Ingredients
For the bread:
- butter, to taste, softened, for greasing the pan
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/3 cup coconut oil, melted
- 1/2 cup maple syrup or honey
- 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup milk
- 2 cups all-purpose flour or whole-wheat pastry flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 3/4 cup white chocolate chips or chopped chunks
For the cinnamon crunch:
- 2 tablespoons salted butter, melted
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
Directions
Step 1 –Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Step 2 –Using the softened butter, grease a 9×5-inch bread loaf pan.
Step 3 –In a bowl, add the granulated sugar and 2 teaspoons of the cinnamon and whisk to combine.
Step 4 –In a large bowl, add the coconut oil, the maple syrup, the yogurt, the egg, the vanilla, and the milk and whisk until combined.
Step 5 –Add 2 cups of the flour, the baking soda, and the salt to the oil mixture and mix until just combined.
Step 6 –Fold in the white chocolate.
Step 7 –Spoon 1/2 of the batter into the prepared loaf pan.
Step 8 –Sprinkle the batter in the pan with almost all of the cinnamon-sugar, reserving 1 tablespoon for the topping.
Step 9 –Evenly spoon the remaining batter over the cinnamon-sugar layer.
Step 10 –Sprinkle the top of the batter with the reserved cinnamon-sugar.
Step 11 –In a bowl, add the remaining 2 tablespoons of melted butter, the brown sugar, the remaining flour, and the remaining cinnamon and mix to combine.
Step 12 –Spoon clumps of the brown sugar mixture over the loaf.
Step 13 –Bake until the center is just set, about 55 minutes-1 hour.
Step 14 –Serve.
