Fanatic Friday Favorite: Cinnamon Burst Bread (like Great Harvest’s): Whole Wheat Food Storage Recipes

Posted by Crystal-Everyday Food Storage on Thursday, September 10, 2009 · View Comments 


This recipe was sent in from Teresa and doesn’t it look so delicious!? I wish I could cut myself a slice right now and eat it! It also sounds like a nice healthy-er treat to eat coming back from trick-or-treating. Give it a try and have a very Happy Halloween! Also, thanks for voting…my husband is very happy. :)

Cinnamon Burst Bread (like Great Harvest’s)-Makes 4 Loaves

3 T. yeast
1/2 cup sugar
4 eggs, beaten lightly (*Note from Crystal, 1/4 C. Dry Egg Powder +1/2 C. Water)
3 3/4 cup warm water
4 1/2 tsp. salt
3 T. vegetable oil
2 1/2 cups cinnamon bites (available at health food stores, these are like compacted bits of cinnamon or here)
11-12 cups flour (*Note from Crystal, this is a great recipe to disguise wheat in! Try it at least half whole wheat flour and half all-purpose or get really gutsy and try it 100% whole wheat!)

Combine in mixing bowl 4 cups flour, yeast, and sugar. Add water, eggs, and oil. Beat well to “cake batter” stage. Stir in salt, cinnamon bites, and 7 more cups flour to make bread-dough consistency. Let mixer knead it to the right texture (add up to 1 more cup flour if needed). Place dough in greased bowl, cover, and let rise for 1 hour. Shape dough into 4 loaves. Let rise for another hour or until doubled. Bake at 375 degrees for about 30 minutes. Slice thick and serve warm with butter, or toast slices in the toaster (be careful, the cinnamon bites can burn your fingers), or make slices into French Toast. Yummy!

Teresa says-Here’s a picture of the four loaves I made last week. We ate one loaf for breakfast the next day, I gave one loaf away to a friend, and I froze the other two loaves to take to my Sister’s Weekend. They thawed beautifully and tasted fresh and wonderful this weekend!

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  • Robynp
    I tried making the cinnamon chips. I also tripled the recipe and started out at 250F. My chips never melted or got bubbly. After a time of raising the temperature to see if they would melt I finally took them out of the oven. After a couple of minutes they hardened and I broke them up. I decided to go ahead and use them in the bread recipe. The bread was delicious but I should have used more chips.
    Robyn
  • Julie
    I found a recipe to make your own cinnamon chips or chunks It was easy to make and turned out great in the bread. My family loves it.
    Heat oven to 200F.
    ( I did 250, because 200 didn’t melt it, maybe because I tripled the recipe)
    Combine:
    1/3 c granulated sugar
    1 1/2 TB cinnamon
    1 TB solid all-vegetable shortening
    1 TB light corn syrup
    Mix with fork until uniform and crumbly.
    Spread on foil-lined baking sheet and bake until melted and bubbly, about 35 minutes.
    Cool completely, then break into small pieces. ( about 1/2 inch by 1/2 inch, that way you get better pockets of cinnamon)
    Makes 1 cup (approx)
  • eatfoodstorage
    Thanks! That sounds wonderful!
  • Heidi
    Did you use the cinnamon flav-r-bites from King Arthur or did you use the Hershey's cinnamon chips?
  • Melissa
    I found cinnamon chips at Kitchen Kneads just yesterday. They sell them in bulk. They are located on Redwood Road and 7600 South. Right across the street from West Jordan Middle School. They are great chips. I can't wait to use them in this recipe.
  • Sarah
    I found the cinnamon bites (called Cinnamon Flav-R-Bites) at King Arthur Flour. Can't wait to try this recipe. It sounds so yummy!
  • Kerrie
    I called Honeyville, and they have been sold out for months. They couldn't get rid of it fast enough before, so they don't plan on buying it again. They do sell the cinnamon baking chips.

    I told them demand has been higher recently because of this recipe. But, if you want to be able to make it again, you should request they order the cinnamon bites again.
  • This is a web-site where they sell the cinnamon bites too. Hope this helps. I think they cost more though.
  • Janet Rakich
    It is carried at the Honeyville Grain Store on Billy Mitchell Road, in Salt Lake City.
  • Crystal
    Cinnamon bites aren't like cinnamon chips. Cinnamon bites are condensed chunks of cinnamon. I'm not sure where the fanatic that submitted the recipe gets hers...I'll try and email her again. but I do know that a lot of health food stores carry them. I would call around and see if your local store carries it because the bread does look delicious!
  • Mary
    hershey makes a cinnamon chip that I have used and has worked well for me. It's by the chocolate chips.
  • jeannie
    I went to Honeyville store in Brigham today, they had never heard of the cinnamon bites. has anyone found them
  • Tricia & Sisters
    We want all of your recipes!
    Do you have a Recipe Book? If so, We want 10!
    Thanks for making food storage so much FUN!
  • Kristine
    Heidi,


    You can buy Instant Yeast at Macys grocer in Utah (I bought some from there while visiting). You can order online from Emergency Essentials at beprepared.com I am sure there are other places too but I have been very happy with EE

    http://beprepared.com/product.asp?pn=FP%20Y100
  • Heidi
    Where is the best place to buy instant yeast in "bulk"? I just bought a big "active dry yeast" from Costco before I realized there was a difference so I assume Costco is NOT the place?
  • Todd and Stephanie
    Okay, I haven't tried this recipe yet, but I LOVE Great Harvest's cinnaburst bread. And there is a place not too far from where I live (in Idaho) that has an online baking store, it's prepared pantry dot com. They sell cinnamon chips there, and the quality is AWESOME. One more thing, try making french toast out of this bread, it's AMAZING!!
  • Crystal
    Heidi,


    Here is Teresa's answer to your question:



    Instant yeast works best in this recipe using the stated method. However, active dry yeast will work too using this same method as long as you add warmer than normal water and beat really good at the “batter” stage to dissolve the yeast. It may take a little longer for the bread to rise the first time.







    If you would like to use the other method, sprinkle the yeast in about ½ cup warm water with 1 T. sugar and let bubble before adding to other mixture including remaining water.







    Good question. Sorry my recipe wasn’t quite complete and detailed enough. I almost always use instant yeast now and mix all my bread recipes this way. It saves time and makes yeast-bread making very easy!





    Crystal
  • Heidi
    Random question... I notice that you are mixing the yeast directly into your bread (no dissolve in water, then mix in other ingredients). It didn't note it, but does that mean it's supposed to be instant yeast? And if I only have active dry yeast, do I need to dissolve the yeast in the sugar and warm water first and then add the other ingredients?
  • Crystal
    If you don't live near SLC, then check your local health food store for cinnamon chunks (glad we cleared up the difference between chunks and chips...I had no idea!).
  • Teresa
    Hey, Teresa here. Just wanted to let you know that Cinnamon Chips and Cinnamon Bites are NOTHING alike! Cinnamon Chips melt much easier. The Bites are hard nuggets of cinnamon. The best place (or the only place I've found) to get them (if you live anywhere near SLC) is the Honeyville Grain Country Store (there's also a Honeyville Store in Brigham City). The SLC store is off of I-80 and 5600 W. After taking the 5600 W exit, head north (into the industrial area). Turn right on Harold Gatty. Turn left on Billy Mitchell. And you're there. A bag of Cinnamon Bites costs $1.94 ($2 with tax) and has 2 1/2 cups (just enough for this recipe!) Enjoy!
  • Andrea
    This has nothing to do with cinnamon bread, I just wanted to say that I am making Sour Cream Chili Bake for dinner tonight and I'm so excited! We usually have chili and cornbread for Halloween, but through strange circumstances (daughter being baptized, made WAY too much chili, had two pots full left over) we are all over chili for a while. But this casserole still looks good to me. Thanks!
  • Crystal
    Cinnamon bits are like cinnamon chips (like chocolate chips only cinnamon flavored) only they are the big chunks. I think the bites are sold at the Honeyville Grain stores. Teresa says the chunks are the best but if you can't find them I would use cinnamon chips. I've seen them more and more at grocery stores this year.


    Crystal
  • Sara R
    What in the world are cinnamon bites?
  • Julie P
    EMERGENCY! i've been trying to recreate that bread for a couple years but could never figure out the cinnamon thing. I just went on the site you linked to for the cinnamon bites, and I can't find them anywhere on the site. Does Teresa, who sent the recipe, have a link straight to them? I've found some other alternatives on the internet, but wondering if she has the link, first.
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