Amish Cinnamon Bread2

Connie Mathes Black

Amish Cinnamon Bread

Batter:
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 cups buttermilk
4 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda

Cinnamon sugar mixture:
2/3 cups sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon

Instructions:

1. Grease two 9x5 loaf pans. Set aside until needed.
2. Cream together butter, 2 cups sugar, and eggs. Add milk, flour, and baking soda. Mix well.
3. Put 1/4 of batter in each greased loaf pan.
4. Mix in separate bow the 2/3 cup sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle 3/4 of the cinnamon mixture on top of the batter in each pan. Add remaining batter to pans; sprinkle the remaining cinnamon topping. Swirl with a knife. Bake at 350 degrees in a preheated oven for 45-50 minutes or until toothpick tester comes clean.
5. Cool in pan for 20 minutes before removing from pan.

Excellent if eaten warm out of the oven but great toasted with a little butter or cinnamon butter.