The Good Wife: Cinnamon Sugar Chocolate Chip Bread

Rule #1 for being a “good” wife:

Feed your husband. Just kidding...but seriously.

   #1: Try not to make promises you do not intend, or are otherwise unable to keep

When Eric and I first got married (almost 4 years ago!), I promised myself that I would be the “do it all” kind of wife. You know, the kind that has the laundry folded and put away, gourmet dinner on the table, romantic kiss as you walk in the door kind of wife.

Epic Fail.

That lasted a week…maybe a month.

One evening after I had stopped acting like a crazed wombat, he sat me down to talk.

I soon found out he never expected those things from me. WHAT?!

In fact, it almost made him feel uncomfortable and useless that he wasn’t helping out more. PREPOSTEROUS!   

Eric is such a sweet man that deep down I knew these things already, but I pushed it anyways. Maybe it was even a selfish attempt at perfectionism…not me! :0)

Since then everything has been great! Look at this effort!

Pristine!

And this!

Next to Godliness!

During this last fall, Eric and I thought it would be fun to take turns making breakfast for each other in the mornings! How sweet! Acts of service as a team – love language baby!

However, here are some of the problems that arose:

1. Obesity

Chicken and biscuits = shorter life. 

Eating like this every morning? Delicious…until our clothes slowly stopped fitting properly #muffintop. 

2. Beauty Sleep

If this sweet kid is sleeping, then so am I!

I am not much of a morning person, so please do not disturb!

3. Food quality

 Kina's breakfast...

Cute, healthy, AND yummy!

Eric’s breakfast...

Heart failure and dentistry work. 

Enough said.

So this stopped.

Since I love baking and still have that “be a good wife” mentality, (it brings me so much joy to serve my husband!) I started making a batch of baked goods every Sunday that last him through the week.

Now I can stay in bed a little longer, I’ve been able to make some delicious food like sweet orange rolls, blueberry muffins, apple turnovers, etc. (recipes to come!), AND they’re all low fat! (shhhh…not really...sorry Eric...muaahaha!) You look great honey!

Here’s what I made this week:

Cinnamon sugar toast, meets chocolate chip loaf!

Mini chocolate chips are rad!

I’m not a huge sweets bread/loaf girl but it’s pretty good!

MMMM...this is a good recipe to use if you want your house to smell incredible!

Soft inside, pleasant crunch from caramelized sugar on the outside.

Would I sell it in a bakery? Probably not. Doesn’t have that wow factor. Plus, its all-over-the-map ingredients project a sense of indecisiveness and anxiety, which could reflect poorly on the baker. Who made this anyways? Definitely not me ;0)!

It was, however, quite easy to make - bonus!

Best Friends: Buttermilk and Egg spend some quality time warming up.

Oh cinnamon and sugar, how I love thee!

Batter - in process. YES, I administered a taste test. DUH!

Hope you enjoy! Oh and Rule #1 for being a "good" wife - there are no rules :0). Marriage is truly a treasure! 

*Disclaimer - Eric is in fact a "good" cook ;0)

Yummy!!

Love you! Take care and God Bless!!!

Cinnamon Sugar Chocolate Chip Bread

Print Recipe Yield: 1 loaf     Prep Time: 10 minutes  Total Time: 1 and 1/2 hours (includes cooling) Ingredients: Bread 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 2/3 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips 1 large egg, at room temperature* 1/4 cup granulated sugar 1 cup buttermilk 1/3 cup vegetable or canola oil 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Cinnamon Sugar 1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon 1/3 cup granulated sugar Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 9x5 loaf pan. 2. Make the Cinnamon Sugar by combining the cinnamon and sugar together in a small dish or bowl. Set aside. 3. Make the bread by combining the flour, baking soda, salt, and chocolate chips in a large bowl. Set aside. 4. Whisk the egg, brown sugar, and granulated sugar together in a medium bowl. Be careful there are no lumps. Slowly, whisk in the buttermilk, oil, and vanilla. 5. Carefully pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and fold together. Be careful no to over mix (it will make the bread tough). 6. Pour half the batter into the floured loaf pan. Evenly top with 3/4 of the cinnamon sugar mixture. Pour in the remaining batter on top and cover with the remaining cinnamon sugar mixture. Sprinkle with a few extra chocolate chips. 7. Cover the bread loosely with aluminum foil and bake in the oven for 50min -1 hour, or until a toothpick comes out clean.  8. Allow the bread to cool for 10 minutes in the pan. After 10 minutes, remove the bread from the pan and cool on a cooling rack for about 30 minutes. Do not try and cut before cooled. Bread stays good for up to 6 days.  *Give your egg a 5 minute warm water bath to help bring it to room temperature