Cinnamon Crunch Quick Bread.

Crunchy on the top, soft everywhere else, this Cinnamon Crunch Quick Bread is made with maple syrup, yogurt, and white chocolate chips, then swirled with cinnamon sugar. Top this quick loaf with a cinnamon CRUNCH topping and bake away. This quick cinnamon bread recipe has the yummiest cinnamon flavor and it’s best when eaten warm, right out of the oven! Each soft slice has a little cinnamon crunch with every bite. Everyone loves this soft yet crunchy cinnamon swirl bread.

This is probably my favorite recipe of the week. You all, you all, this bread is so so yummy! It’s going to take you back to your childhood and the days you spent eating cinnamon-sugar toast or cinnamon bagels for breakfast. Nothing was/is better.

When I was a kid, my brothers and I pretty much lived off of Einstein bagels. If we weren’t eating bagels for breakfast, then maybe an Eggo waffle here or there. But we mostly it was bagels. Mom would pick up a huge batch of freshly baked sesame seed and/or plain bagels once a week. She’d package them up in freezer bags and stash them in the freezer for the week ahead.

We’d pop them in the toaster and eat them with cream cheese or butter for breakfast. Or we’d use them for sandwiches at lunch. We literally survived on bagels.

Very, very, very rarely my mom would pick up bagels from Panera Bread. And when she did, we’d beg her to grab a few cinnamon crunch bagels. I loved these bagels. Yes, you may have already read this here before, I talk about them often.

They’re best toasted, then slathered with butter. But cream cheese is obviously crazy good too.

We don’t buy the cinni-crunch bagels these days, but I can’t deny they’ve inspired a lot of recipes for me. Including this easy, yummy quick bread recipe that I am obsessed with.

This is so good and we’ll all appreciate just how easy it is.

Details

Step 1: mix the cinnamon sugar

This is literally just cinnamon and sugar, mixed, nothing fancy.

The cinnamon-sugar mixture is going to be used in the middle and on top of the bread.

Step 2: make the dough and layer

This is all made in one bowl. You’ll mix the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients and that’s it. I used maple as the sweetener. But mostly because I LOVE the warming flavor it adds to baked goods this time of year. You can also use honey, which is great too. The coconut oil keeps the bread doughy, the yogurt will add moisture and softness, and the vanilla adds flavor.

Oh, and then the white chocolate chips. Vanilla-flavored chips are classic in Panera’s crunch bagels. White chocolate chips are similar. They both add a special sweetness that’s delicious.

Once you have the dough mixed, pour half the dough into a loaf pan, sprinkle the cinnamon sugar over the dough, then add the remaining dough.

Step 3: make the cinnamon crunch

The cinnamon crunch topping is a mix of brown sugar, cinnamon, flour, and butter. Mix everything together until clumps form. Now sprinkle the clumps over the dough.

And then you bake. This quick bread will take about an hour in the oven. As the bread bakes the cinnamon melts into the sugar and butter, becoming nice and gooey. At the same time, the cinnamon topping begins to caramelize becoming crunchy.

Together they are DELICIOUS.

Looking for other sweet recipes? Here are a few ideas: 

Cinnamon Sugar Swirled Apple Butter Bread

Maple Banana Bread with Cinnamon Spice Butter

Baked Apple Cider Doughnuts with Cinnamon Maple Glaze

Brown Butter Apple Blondies with Cinnamon Maple Glaze

6 Ingredient Spiced Pumpkin Butter

Homemade Slow Cooker Maple Apple Butter

Lastly, if you make this Cinnamon Crunch Quick Bread,  be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to hear from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every comment. And of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!

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