There’s nothing more comforting to me then fresh baked vegan bread, especially if that bread is swirled with cinnamon sugar goodness! This vegan cinnamon loaf is so fluffy, warming and absolutely delicious, you might want to make two loaves.

Make this vegan cinnamon bread for special vegan brunches, (like on mother’s day or Christmas), or you can even serve it for dessert! Looking for more delicious breads? Try out our vegan rolls.

Vegan Cinnamon Swirl Bread Ingredients

Here’s what you’ll need to make this awesome vegan cinnamon swirl bread:

• Active Dry Yeast
• Sugar
• Canola Oil
• Baking Powder
• All Purpose Flour
• Salt
• Dark Brown Sugar
• Ground Cinnamon
• Vegan Butter or Margarine

How To Make Vegan Cinnamon Bread

Making The Vegan Bread Dough

The first step is making the dough. In a medium bowl, mix together the yeast with a pinch of sugar and warm water. Mix it gently and let it sit for around five minutes until the yeast starts forming bubbles.

This process is to activate the yeast. If it doesn’t bubble, your yeast may be too old or not active for other reasons.

Also be sure to check the temperature of the water. Yeast needs warm water but it can’t be too hot or it will scald the yeast and it won’t activate. Check it on the inside of your wrist to tell if it’s too hot, same as you might with a baby bottle.

While your yeast is sitting, grab a large bowl and mix together the flour, baking powder, remaining sugar, and salt. Mix it well to incorporate.

Once the yeast is ready, mix in the oil and then add the whole wet mixture to your dry mixture. Start mixing, either by getting down and dirty using your hands or mix with a spatula until it’s further incorporated.

Once it forms a loose dough, start kneading.

You can do it by hand or by using the dough hook on a mixer. The dough will probably be on the stickier side to start. Add the extra flour little by little until the dough has become a smooth ball and is no longer sticking to the sides on the bowl.

Cover the dough with a damp towel and set aside some place warm to rise for around two hours, until it’s doubled.

Making Cinnamon Swirl Filling

Shortly before your dough is finished rising you can make the filling. You can also make it earlier, but warm it up a bit for easier spreading if you do.

Melt the vegan butter/margarine and whisk it together with the brown sugar, flour and cinnamon until smooth.

Shaping The Vegan Cinnamon Bread

Roll the dough out into the shape of a rectangle. The height of the rectangle should be roughly equal to the length of the loaf pan you will be using. The legnth of the rectangle will depend on you – roll it thinner and longer if you want more swirls.

The longer it is the more rolls you will get out of it.

Spread most of the filling evenly on the dough, leaving just a bit of end without filling so you’ll be able to seal it.

Roll it up, trying for a tight roll and then move into a greased or baking paper lined loaf pan. Brush the remaining filling over the top and if the filling isn’t going as far as you want, sprinkle some extra cinnamon sugar on top to cover any ‘bald’ patches.

Cover the pan with a towel and leave to rise in a warm place for another 45 minutes. Towards the end, preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

Bake the cinnamon bread for around 30 minutes, or until dough is cooked through.

Variations – Cinnamon Star Bread

You can also turn this recipe into some other fun shapes, although this is the easiest way to make it. You could use virtually the same recipe to make vegan cinnamon babka.

You can also turn it into one of those beautiful cinnamon snowflake breads. With it’s stunning twists and lovely shape, it’s especially great for the holiday season. You can use this dough and filling recipe and just follow one of the numerous videos on youtube showing how to shape it into the snowflake.

I’m going to try and update this post with a step by step for the snowflake version soon!

Is Cinnamon Vegan?

Yes! Of course it is. I’m not honestly sure what the issue would be, it’s a natural and very healthy spice that doesn’t derive from animal products, but it’s a question that many people are apparently wondering about.

Cinnamon is actually packed with health benefits so if you can include it in your diet, do! Need some more inspiration? Check out this apple cinnamon french toast casserole or this buckwheat banana bread.

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