Cinnamon bread

Ingredients

Dough

• 2500 g flour
• 1250 ml of warm water
• 25 g salt
• 750 g sugar
• 360 vegetable lard
• 125 yeast
• 3 large eggs
• 1 spoon of vanilla essence

Filling

• 1 cup of ground cinnamon
• 1 cup of sugar

Preparation On a table top put the flour and form a hole in the middle, put the salt, sugar, eggs (previously beaten), lard and warm butter. Dilute the yeast in some warm butter and add to the mixture. Knead the mixture with both hands until all the ingredients come together into smooth dough. Cover the dough and leave for 30 minutes.

Cover the table top with flour and pour the dough over knead gently and separate the dough into 3 equal parts.

Roll the dough as thin as possible and sprinkle the filling all over the dough pressing hard with both hands. Roll the dough and with the aid of a knife cut through every 5 cm. Take each peace and lay in over a baking pan previously butter face up and trying to give them a circular form. Cover with a plastic bag and leave in a warm place until risen or doubled.

Brush the egg glaze over the bread gently and bake for 25 to 30 minutes in a 200C oven.

Filling: in a bowl mix the cinnamon and the sugar.

Egg glaze: beat two eggs with some water, brush over uncooked bread.