This morning the girls were dying for some cinnamon toast, and I was dying for a few extra minutes of sleep. Hey one out of two isn't bad, right? Heh. Anyhow, TubaDad said he'd make the toast, so I snuggled up on the couch and waited for the deliciousness to begin.
Only, um, I guess his view of cinnamon toast was a smidge different than mine because this is what he delivered:
Oh now that is just pitiful. Notice it only got a few bites before being rejected by Ro and Ree. So I thought I'd show him how I make it for the girls when we need an extra special treat. It's the way we always made it in my house—the good 'ole cinnamon toast recipe from the seventies.
The ingredients are simple, you'll need some bread, some butter, some cinnamon (ours is a massive Costco purchase that we will never finish in this lifetime, and I'm going to have to include in my will), and some sugar.
Toast your bread in a plain old toaster, then spread on some butter, I think I use about half this amount on each slice:
Don't be skimpy with the butter spreading, it's key. You can go for really light coverage, but make sure you get it all the way to the very edges so that not one millimeter is left dry. Mmmmm.
This might be a good time to say that if you're looking for a healthy breakfast you might want to skip this post and just pour yourself a bowl of Special K. Alrighty then...
Sprinkle on the cinnamon (note to self: the Sharpie marker on the top of the spice containers, while useful in the dark cupboard, is not really all that attractive in photographs...):
The girls and I kind of use a patting motion on the bottom to get it out evenly (ha, who am I kidding, it's not even close to even when Ro and Ree do it):
Make sure it's really covered. Seriously, all over. We're not very precise about our cinnamon application, and the girls are exuberant chefs, to say the least, so a lot of times we end up with this much cinnamon, which is just fine:
At this point TubaDad was a little disgruntled and muttered "That's way too much cinnamon, it's going to be horrible." Oh we'll see!
Now, sprinkle on the sugar:
As long as you've worked quickly and everything is still warm, the sugar will get all melty and yummy:
Now just bite and enjoy! It should be sweet, spicy, buttery, and satisfyingly gritty/crunchy (like a sugar cookie). Now THAT'S good cinnamon toast. (It was inhaled by everyone, by the way, even skeptical TubaDad.)
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At my house we were so anxious when making that my mom carefully premeasured the cinnamon and sugar and put it in one of those restaurant sugar pourers. Another added treat is to use peanut butter instead of regular butter...oh my...off to toast some bread.
ReplyDeleteOh my, your memory must be much better than mine regarding cinnamon toast. Did we do that??? :) Actually, I remember. My mom used to make cinnamon toast for me and my dolls for our tea parties, a long time ago.
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TubaDad and I must have been raised by the same parents! That's how we made it at our house. My eyes popped seeing the pictures of the way cinnamon toast was made at M3's house. Looks yummy, though. May have to try that!
ReplyDeleteWell, I must say, TubaDad's looks much more like the way we do it around here... until now!!! I'd never have guessed that much cinnamon would still be yummy, but I do believe I've been converted! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
YUM! My mouth is watering right now!!! LOL I'm going to go make some cinnamon toast.
ReplyDeleteI grew up with a restaurant style grated cheese shaker that was filled with pre mixed cinnamon and sugar. We slathered on the butter and covered it nice and thick sprinkling like M3 style, but only had to shake one container. Yummm!
ReplyDeleteMy husband makes the best cinnaomon toast. Looks just like yours. I love it! We have been out of town so it is so good to catch up on the blogs.
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I have a salt shaker filled with cinnamon and sugar, I make this all the time for my kids.
ReplyDeleteLooks yummy. I must admit that I never would have thought to put so much on!
ReplyDeleteWe made cinnamon toast all the time growing up only my grandparents called it "party toast" since it was then cut into 4 diagonal pieces. We did the butter, but then premixed sugar and cinnamon in a bowl and shook it over the toast with a spoon. And yes, my mouth is watering looking at your pictures; may just have to go make some!
ReplyDeleteOh that makes me hungry!! I can just smell it right now:) My Mom always mixed the sugar and cinnamon together and put it in a shaker container because we LOVED Cinnamon toast at our house!! She loaded it with butter too!! Yum Yum!!!
ReplyDeleteTubaDad's is pathetic. You're right--that's not cinnamon toast! Your way is the way I grew up with, and the way I make it. Lots of cinnamon, a good spreading of sugar. Looks absolutely yummy, and now I want to go make some!
ReplyDeleteDidn't like it as a kid, and don't think I'll like it now. So, call me skeptical. But we'll try it. My girlies will LOVE it, I'm sure. And Tony, yeah, he's a cinnamonaholic. He puts it in everything when I'm not looking.
ReplyDeleteOk, we'll report the results to you at a future date!
We grew up on cinnamon toast also. Except we premixed our sugar and cinnamon before sprinkling on toast. Either way it's sure yummy!
ReplyDeleteWhen we make it, we butter bread, put cinnamon and sugar on buttered bread, then put in the oven. The sugar crystallizes (is that even a word?) and it is DELISH!
ReplyDeleteOh, thanks. So much for my diet. That looks SO good!
ReplyDeleteOh we LOVE cinnamon toast around here. But if you'd mix the cinnamon and sugar together and keep it in it's own shaker it's sooo much easier! And you don't get a bite of all alone bitter cinnamon. Love the girls videos!
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We've always made it same way - BUT we mix the sugar and cinn. together in a little bowl or I have this mixture set aside in another container - I use more sugar in my mixture than cinn. and then after you butter it...you just shake your mixture on and it's quick and oh so yummy :)
ReplyDeleteMy Grams used this same recipe when I was growing up! Wow- such great memories- thanks for reminding me! I am going to make some tomorrow morning :)
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of recipes - I've been meaning to go through the archives of the Salsa blog to find your "water recipe" (can't think of a better term! The one where you add cucumbers and lemons (maybe an orange slice)? I think you wrote about it last year - can you repost how to make that?
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Oh goodness I love that kind of cinnamon toast. My aunt made it just like that, mmm. Another suggestion, my gandma made it like that, but with powder sugar. Out of this world! (no wonder I still have a cinnamon fixation!)
ReplyDeleteWe kept a container of homemade cinnamon and sugar mixed together to put on our cinnamon toast. That is circa the 1950's. BUT, there is nothing better than all of this put on bread and toasted in the oven!!! I will never forget that. I am lucky that the cooks at my school still make cinnamon toast that way!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the memories!
Now that's how to make cinnamon toast!! Mmmmm! I don't have any bread in the house but even though I'm in my pj's that might change before bed so that I can make some yummy toast for brekkie!!
ReplyDeleteWe never covered it lik eyou did, but did use the back of the sugar spoon to smear it all together. Man that was yummy. I think Bug and I are going to make this tomorrow for snack.
ReplyDeletethanks for the blast from the past.
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Hi Chrissie, the spa water recipe is here. Mmmm, might have to whip up a pitcher of it tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteWe premix our sugar and cinnamon and put it in its own shaker for speedier distribution.
ReplyDeleteLooks good! I always pour the cinnamon and sugar into a small little bowl...mix it up, and load it onto the buttered toast. You can shake off any excess! Tastes amazing!
ReplyDeleteOMG this is so good!
ReplyDeleteI made it and posted about it.
You can read it here.
http://chefdaphne.blogspot.com/
My current favourite is French toast made with cinammon fruit bread, servedd with maple syrup, grilled banana, strawberries and creme fraiche. Makes the cinammon toast look healthy, doesn't it?
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