Eggnog Cinnamon Swirl Bread

Annacia's Note:

This is a wonderful Christmas quick bread. Don't let the list of instructions scare you off. It's really quite easy and the result is delicious. Wrapped up pretty this bread is a lovely gift.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Yield: 1 loaf

Cinnamon Swirl

• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup toffee pieces (not chocolate covered)
• 1/4 cup chopped pecans
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Bread

• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup prepared eggnog
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a small bowl, combine the cinnamon swirl ingredients and mix well.
3. Set aside.
4. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
5. In a medium bowl, combine the egg nog, oil, eggs and vanilla.
6. Beat with a fork to combine and stir the wet mixture into the dry ingredients, stirring until just smooth, don't overdo it.
7. Pour half the batter into a greased loaf pan.
8. Spoon half the cinnamon swirl mixture over the batter, and cut through with a knife to swirl.
9. Top with the remaining batter.
10. Spoon on the remaining swirl mixture, and swirl with a knife.
11. Bake for 60-65 minutes or until whatever you stick in the middle comes out clean.
12. Cool for 10 minutes in the pan before removing to a wire rack.

Reviews

[Katzen]

Beautiful bread, very moist and so delicious! I made this for my Sunday morning meeting, and as one of the ladies can't have nuts, I doubled the toffee pieces instead of using pecans - it was fantastic! So fantastic that I had nothing left to take a picture of! Awesome recipe, Annacia - thanks so much for sharing it! DH has already been asking me to make it again because he didn't get to try it and it smelled so good while baking! Made for PRMR Tag.

[Calee]

You are so right this is a wonderful christmas quick bread! Love the toffee, cinnamon combination. I ground the pecans very fine. I used store bought (light)eggnog worked great. It has a great eggnog flavor. I found it overflowed a bit in my pan. I put a baking sheet under the pan when baking. Baked up nicely in 60 minutes, a very nice moist loaf. Thanks Annacia for sharing this recipe.

[rickoholic83]

Wonderful bread! I usually don't bake but this was a great bread for a beginner like me to try. I left out the nuts since I was giving it away as part of a treat tray but kept all other ingredients the same. Very moist and tasty! Thanks for sharing, Annacia. ***Made for PRMR***