Something so Simple... Cinnamon Toast!

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I was going through my kitchen cabinets when I discovered a treasure: a jar
of China Cassia Cinnamon (Penzey's). I was immediately struck by the
thought that my mother used to mix ground cinnamon with sugar to make us
cinnamon toast. I don't think I've had cinnamon toast in 40 years! But
there's the method for mixing cinnamon and sugar right on the back of the
Penzey's bottle! So I mixed up some cinnamon-sugar and put it in a shaker
jar. I toasted some bread and made cinnamon toast. Oh, yum! How could I
have forgotten something so simple? Yes, sweet. But also quite pungent
with the taste of cinnamon. Wonderful stuff, cinnamon toast.

Jill
 
Jill wrote:


Try buttering the bread, liberally sprinkling with the cinnamon sugar, and
broiling until the sugar melts and starts bubbling (from _Peanuts Cookbook_,
which also has a great recipe for divinity).

Bob
 
On Jan 28, 9:48?pm, "jmcquown" wrote:

My Filipino friend would butter a slice of soft white bread and
sprinkle sugar on top. No toasting or cinnamon. It's the fast-track
version of an ensaymada.
 
On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:19:21 -0800 (PST), dsi1
wrote:


Doesn't it need some cheese too?

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"Storrmmee" wrote in message
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My daughter just uses the kind that comes pre-mixed. She only likes one
brand. I can't remember which one it is. I've seen two. I would recognize
it by sight. She just makes the toast, butters it and sprinkles the stuff
on. I don't much like it that way. She has never had it the other way, but
then she has to use gluten free bread so it probably wouldn't taste the same
anyway.
 
"jmcquown" wrote:


Method? I use 1part cinn & 3 parts sugar and mix. What does
Penzey's do?


Yes indeedy.

I've got a 1/2 a pie crust mix chillin' in the refrigerator for the
evening I remember to roll it out, cut it up & sprinkle liberally with
Cinn & sugar and bake at 400 or so. That was my mom's treat- I
always liked it better than the pies.

It is also a staple for our pancakes and french toast. . . good on
oatmeal . . .

Jim
 
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I suppose I could heat up the broiler to make this, but why? It uses
substantially more electricity than the toaster. Plus I have to stand there
and watch it to make sure it doesn't burn. There's nothing much worse than
the smell of burnt sugar.

Jill
 
"Jim Elbrecht" wrote in message
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The jar of Penzey's cinnamon said 2-3 Tbs. cinnamon to 1/2 c. sugar. I
found I needed to add a bit more sugar.

My mom did the same thing! She didn't bake pies very often but when she did
she always rolled out the extra dough and sprinkled it with cinnamon sugar.
She baked it as a separate treat :)


I'll have to try it on pancakes the next time I make them. It's also good
on french toast. I don't know why I hadn't thought about cinnamon sugar all
those years.

Jill
 
Jill wrote:


1. The cinnamon toast is better, that's why.

2. I use a toaster oven.

3. There are PLENTY of smells worse than burnt sugar. A snowbound house with
cats, for example.

Bob
 
On 2011-01-29, jmcquown wrote:


I had the same flashback about a year ago. Made cinnamon toast a few
times and was done with it. Another oldie, milk toast, also came to
mind, but I wasn't so eager to revisit that memory. ;)

nb
 
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"jmcquown" wrote

I never thought there would be a written recipe for it. I just assumed you
mixed it the way it tasted good to you. Damn, I've been doing it wrong all
those years.
 
jmcquown wrote:


Once in a blue moon I get a craving for that. Mostly, though,
I put cinnamon on my raisin toast, that brand they sell at
Costco. So good.

nancy
 
On 29/01/2011 2:48 AM, jmcquown wrote:



I love cinnamon toast. I always have a batch of it mixed up and once or
twice a week I have some one toast.

Years ago when we used to have our coffee breaks in a greasy spoon
restaurant. At the time it was 25 cents for an order of toast, which
came with two containers of jam. For some reason, the guy charged 10
cents extra for cinnamon toast. I could never figure that out. Cinnamon
was a lot cheaper than packaged jam.
 
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