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Default Cinnamon bread

Pandora wrote:
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> > Disclaimer here... I am Canadian, not American, but a lot of us
> > have similar roots, part of mine beng American, and out foods
> > are similar. I would not say that cinnamon bread is traditional.
> > It is not even very common. What is more common is raisin bread,
> > which often has cinnamon in it, and often has it rolled into a
> > swirl (dough is flattened out, cinnamon sprinkled on top then
> > rolled into a loaf).
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> > There are all sorts of different types of sweet rolls that use
> > cinnamon. The common feature is that they enough taking a ball
> > or dough and flattening it, sprinkling it with cinnamon or
> > cinnamon sugar, rolling it up so that there is a swirl of
> > cinnamon, and then slicing it into individual size pieces and
> > cooking them. They can be deep fried or they can be baked
> > individually or packed into a pan. Some or the variations are
> > known as sticky buns or Chelsea buns. These usually have raisins
> > and / or nuts in them and are bagged in a pan with a brown sugar
> > and butter mixture on the bottom that turns into a sweet sticky
> > sauce.
> >
> > Then there is the cinnamon Danish, but they are so inferior to
> > those found in Denmark that they don't deserve the name.

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> Thank you very much for these informations. Now I know what is cinnamon
> bread.
> I think I will make it in the future.
> Thank you


If you want a real treat, try making Chelsea buns. They will be a
big hit. My mother used to make bread at least once a week. Once
in a while she would use some of the dough to make a batch of
Chelsea buns and they were always fantastic.