I first heard of the special cinnamon bread served at Dollywood last fall, so I immediately went in search of the recipe. Cinnamon bread in any form is one of my favorites. I came across a recipe that was purportedly shared by Dolly Parton herself. I added it to my to-make list.
Jump ahead to 2025, and Karen, of Karen's Kitchen Stories, asked the Babes to make the famous Dollywood bread. She share two versions of the recipe, and, comparing it to the one I'd saved, that made three versions.
I decided to make the original version I'd found, and I ended up making it twice because I was puzzled by the instructions, which I decided to ignore. That can't be right, I thought. So, I ended up with a tasty, but plain, loaf of bread with a cinnamon topping.
Somewhere on the web, I found a photo, so I decided to try again, this time following the recipe's instructions. They called for dividing the small amount of dough into two pieces, scoring them, dipping them into melted butter with a bit of corn syrup, then in a cinnamon-sugar mixture, and then placing each one into a 9" x 5" pan.
After baking, the loaves are drizzled with a powdered sugar glaze.
It was better the second time around. It's not really a loaf, per se, but more like crunchy, buttery, cinnamon sticks.
I don't know which recipe is the most authentic, but I will say it's a delicious version of cinnamon bread.
You can find two of the recipes on Karen's website, and the third version here.
Check out what the other Bread Baking Babes did:
- Blog from OUR Kitchen – Elizabeth
- Karen’s Kitchen Stories – Karen (Kitchen of the Month)
- A Messy Kitchen – Kelly
- My Diverse Kitchen – Aparna
- Bread Experience - Cathy
- Thyme for Cooking - Katie
- My Kitchen in Half Cups – Tanna
- Feeding My Enthusiasms – Elle
5 comments:
Crunchy, buttery, cinnamon sticks! Oooh! I like that! I especially like the icing!
I saw those versions that suggested rolling the dough in melted butter, corn syrup, and cinnamon sugar mix. That's pretty much the way (minus the corn syrup) that my university famous tuck shop cinnamon buns are made. But I decided that sounded way too hard to do with bread.
But judging from your results, I think I've changed my mind. It might be hard to do, but it seems like it's well worth the effort!
Crunchy, buttery cinnamon... MONKEY BREAD! Total yum. I might have to try one of the other recipe that gives results like that, but the super soft pillowy bread that Karen's recipe produced is definitely a keeper.
I love the angled cuts and the drizzle of icing! Thanks for joining me.
Corn Syrup? Interesting.... Not available here, though lol
I like the sound of it - like cinnamon sticks!
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