Easy Cinnamon Bread

I got this recipe from Elizabeth off of www.kingarthurflour.com

3 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour OR Mellow Pastry Blend. (I just used regular white flour.)
1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoons instant yeast
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup warm milk
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, melted
1 large egg
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup cinnamon chips
cinnamon-sugar, for topping

In a large bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, yeast, cinnamon and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together the milk, butter, and egg. Combine the wet and dry ingredients, beating till smooth. Let the batter rest at room temperature for 1 hour, covered, then stir in the baking powder and cinnamon chips.

Spoon the batter into a greased 8 1/2 x 4 1/2-inch loaf pan. Sprinkle the top with the cinnamon-sugar.

Bake the bread in a preheated 350°F oven for 35 to 40 minutes, until it tests done; a cake tester inserted into the center will come out clean. Remove the bread from the oven, let it rest in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer it from the pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Note: Don't slice the bread while it's hot! It'll slice much better when it's completely cool. Yield: 1 loaf.

Bread Braid

This is one way to enjoy Homemade Sloppy Joe's when you don't have hamburger buns.

1/2 cup Milk
3 tbs. Sugar
2 tsp. Salt
3 tbs. Butter or Margarine
1 tbs. Active Dry yeast
1 1/2 cups warm Water
5 to 6 cups All-Purpose Flour

Place milk, sugar, salt and butter in a small saucepan. Heat over low heat until butter melts and sugar dissolves. Cool to lukewarm.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Dissolve yeast in warm water in warmed mixer bowl. Add lukewarm milk mixture and 4 1/2 cups flour. Use dough hook and use speed 2 and mix about 1 minute.
Continuing on speed 2, add remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, and mix until dough clings to hook and cleans sides of bowl, about 2 minutes. Knead on speed 2 about 2 minutes longer, or until dough is smooth and elastic. Dough will be slightly sticky to the touch.
Place dough on clean counter top and cut in half.
Use a rolling pin to flatten dough into a rectangle shape. Put the dough on a greased cookie sheet. Use a pizza cutter to cut strips into the dough but leaving the middle untouched. Place cooked Sloppy Joe mix in the middle and braid the dough over the mix.
Bake on 400 until golden brown, about 30 minutes. Brush margarine or butter on top and serve.

For the rest of the bread dough I let it raise in a bread pan till it's doubled in size and bake it in the oven on 400 degrees till golden brown.

Cheese Toast

4 tbs. Butter
French Bread or White Bread
Parmesan Cheese

Melt butter and brush on bread. Sprinkle cheese on top and grill till golden brown.