Adapted from The Pioneer Woman Cooks
I’ve got to hand it to The Pioneer Woman. This is one recipe I seriously wished I had created all by my little self. I grew up eating cinnamon toast. My mother would sprinkle sugar then cinnamon on bread and top it off with dots of butter, then broil the toast. That’s a mighty fine way to fix cinnamon toast. But this method is the Grandmama of all cinnamon toasts. I make compound butters all the time. I love cinnamon toast. But my brain never connected the two. Why not make a compound cinnamon sugar butter? Gosh, I wish I had thought of that!
Cinnamon toast and scrambled eggs is the perfect Saturday morning breakfast. Just the thought alone plops me right on the time machine and I’m transported back to our living room, the black and white television with the rabbit ears, and watching Might Mouse, Huckleberry Hound and Sky King. Raise your hand if you remember any of those.
This method is simple. You just mix up sugar, cinnamon and vanillla extract with softened butter and spread it on the bread. Then, you bake it at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. This lets the butter melt down into the bread to bring even more deliciousness to this simple comfort food. After 10 minutes, turn on your broiler….not don’t run away, stand right there. Broil it until the edges are brown and the butter is bubbly. And you smell the cinnamon. If you don’t make another recipe that I post, please make this one. It’s just that good.
I’ve got to hand it to you, Pioneer Woman. This is a good ‘un!
Mix cinnamon, sugar and vanilla extract in softened butter. For one stick of butter, I use about 1/2 cup of sugar, 1 tbsp of cinnamon and 1/2 tsp. vanilla. You might have to adjust the amount of cinnamon because we like our toast to be cinn-amon-amon-amon-y.
Spread it on bread. One stick of butter will make enough spread for 8 slices of bread.
This is how it looks when it’s done.
Saturday morning breakfast at Jackie’s. “Here I come to save the day. That means that Mighty Mouse is on his way!”
GINGER says
I was just sayin’ to myself, I wonder if there’s a new post up on Syrup and Biscuits … and poof there it was ! ; )
My girls and I absolutely adore cinnamon toast ! We can eat it for breakfast , lunch, dinner and snack time . I already have this recipe from Pioneer Woman’s blog , but still haven’t tried it..I guess I forget when I am being rushed into making the girls their cinnamon toast. I think I might make some up the night before and have it ready to go when I hear the girls coming for breakfast.
I’m off to mix some up and get dinner going … tonight it’s homemade calzones ..yum
Ginger 🙂
Jackie Garvin says
Ginger,
I’m going to start doing more frequent posts on WordPress and start relying less on FB. The blog posts will still go to your email and those will be my longer stories plus a recipe. For the recipes that I would normally post on a FB note, I will start posting them on WordPress as pages. FB is just getting a little too quirky to suit me.
The Minnesota Farm Woman says
I’m raising my hand! I remember all of those Saturday morning shows AND cinnamon toast, Of couse I’m making some tomorrow, then on to some tomato gravy!
Jackie Garvin says
Chris,
Weren’t the Saturday morning cartoons just the best? They were so simple. Maybe our generation was more simple minded than then next generation. Mighty Mouse kept us entertained just fine.
Leesa Silvers says
Made this today! It is soooo good! My granddaughters loved it! Its a keeper fo sho!
Jackie Garvin says
Leesa,
I’m so glad you and your granddaughters enjoyed it! Please share the link if you like! <3
Lynn Houston says
My grandmother made cinnamon toast like this but I’ve never know another person who did! I saw a similar recipe in an English cookbook once so maybe it’s an English method. At any rate, it’s the BEST! Thanks 🙂
Jackie Garvin says
Lynn,
Isn’t this method unbelievably good? I love compound butters and make a lot of them. They add so much to so many dishes. Thanks for taking the time to read and comment! 🙂
Brandi says
This was great. Thank you for sharing!
Jackie Garvin says
Bramdi,
I’m so glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for letting me know. 🙂
Vivian says
Hi Jackie,
Commenting on the plate you have in the picture of the cinnamon toast. I have these and have been looking for some pieces. These date back to the fifties. Do you have any information on these?
Thanks
Vivian
Jackie Garvin says
Vivian,
I picked up that plate at a local antique store. I don’t know any background information. Sorry! 🙁 I love the plate.