I don’t know if I could live in a world without bread.  Whether it be the smell of freshly baked bread or admiring the endless shapes and flavours it can assume, bread really is one of my favourite foods.  And I must confess, some days you still really can’t beat butter and vegemite on a piece of fresh white bread, which in winter I usually enhance by putting it in the microwave for 20 seconds to get all warm.  Mmmmmm….

But back to this months Daring Bakers Challenge which was to take bread and shape it into something a little fancy.  If you follow me on Pinterest, you will see on my bread board I have a few fancy shaped breads which are on my “to do” list.  For this challenge, I stuck with one of the provided recipes which was for a cinnamon sweet bread as you know how much I love cinnamon.

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