Nana's Cinnamon Bread with Buttermilk

Serves 1 in about 1 hour. The pot starts with tsp baking soda, then all purpose flour.

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp plus 2 tsp cinnamon, divided
• 1 ½ cups sugar, divided
• 1 egg
• ¼ cup oil
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 cup buttermilk

Method

1. Warm oven to 350° (F). Grease a 9"x5" loaf pan. keep it nearby.
2. In a small bowl, mix together 1 Tbsp of the cinnamon and 1/2 cup of the sugar. keep it nearby.
3. In a mixing bowl, beat together the remaining 1 cup of sugar, egg, and oil. Stir until well combined.
4. In a second mixing bowl mix together the flour, baking soda, salt, and remaining 2 tsp of the cinnamon.
5. Stir in the flour mixture to the egg mixture alternately with the buttermilk, stirring well to combine.
6. Tip in half of the batter into the loaf pan. Then sprinkle with half of the sugar/cinnamon mixture. Repeat the layers and then swirl the batter with a butter knife.
7. Cook at 350° for 60 minutes. Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn onto a cooling rack.
8. Plate warm or at room temperature.

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