Gluten-Free Cinnamon Crunch Sugar Cookie Bread
This Gluten-Free Cinnamon Crunch Sugar Cookie Bread is all of the warm and cozy flavors of a cinnamon roll, baked into a soft and fluffy dessert bread. Perfect for Christmas morning!
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 50
- Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
- Yield: 8-10 1x
- Category: Dessert, Breakfast
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
Filling Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
Bread Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 1/3 cup 1:1 gluten-free flour *
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Glaze Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Place filling ingredients in a bowl and combine well. Set aside
- In a large bowl mix together butter and sugar, then add in egg and vanilla. Lastly mix in milk until all wet ingredients fully combined
- In a separate bowl mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix just until combined
- Transfer half of the batter to a parchment-lined + greased 8½x4½ inch loaf pan, then evenly sprinkle on the filling mixture, saving about 1 tablespoon for topping
- Pour remaining batter over filling layer. It’s a little tricky to spread over the delicate filling, but using your fingers helps. It doesn’t have to be perfect!
- Sprinkle top with remaining cinnamon sugar mixture
- Bake for 45-50 minutes**, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Be sure not to over-bake!
- Let cool for at least 60 minutes in pan (this one is delicate), then use a butter knife along edges to remove and transfer to a cooling rack. Let cool completely before topping with glaze
- To make the glaze, whisk powdered sugar and milk until a smooth consistency, adding more milk if needed
- Pour/spread glaze over the bread
Notes
The combo soft cake + crunchy filling does make this one a bit tricker to slice, so be careful! If it crumbles a bit it’s fine, it’s so delicious you won’t care 😉
* Be sure to use a 1:1 gluten-free flour in this recipe. I used this one from Pilsbury, which I found at my local grocery store and I loved how it worked in this recipe. My other favorite is by Bob’s Red Mill.
If you are not gluten-free, simply use regular all-purpose flour, same measurements.
Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days
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