Whole Wheat Cinnamon Bread

Sweetbread that is 100% organic and refined sugar-free!?  I think yes!  One of the questions I receive a lot about my health and my diet is about gluten.  Gluten is a great controversy in the modern food war, and for me, I've found that it's not so much the gluten that does harm in people with certain autoimmune diseases, but it's the KIND of gluten.  Wheat and flours that are highly saturated in pesticides and other chemicals can cause great havoc on a body that is already compromised, and after being gluten-free for a year, I've found organic whole wheats that don't make me sick and that I love feasting upon!  With that said, I'm all for those who find that a diet without gluten makes them feel better.  Health is all about listening to your body and doing what's best for YOU!

This bread is made with organic whole wheat flours, and sweetened with raw honey and Lakanto monk-fruit sweetener!  It's the perfect treat to curve that sweet tooth without overdoing the sugar intake for the day, and tastes amazing with butter or jam!

Whole Wheat Cinnamon Bread!

Ingredients:
1 egg
1 cup warm water
1 Tbs. organic butter (melted)
1/4 cup raw honey
1 1/2 tsp salt
4 cups whole wheat bread flour
2 tsp. active dry yeast
1/2 cup classic Lakanto sweetener
1 Tbs. cinnamon

Directions:

1. Place egg, water, and honey in a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment and mix on low until well combined.
2. Sift flour, yeast, and salt together in a bowl and add to wet mixture. Replace whisk attachment with dough hook and mix on medium speed until dough forms in a ball. (You may need to add more flour or water depending on your mixture.)  Dough should form a firm ball, and be slightly sticky but not so sticky that you can't form it into a ball.
3. Kneed dough by mixing with dough hook on low speed for 3-5 minutes.  (You will know when your dough is ready to rise when you poke it with your finger and it bounces back at you.)
4. Put the dough in a clean bowl that has been greased with butter and cover with parchment paper  Let rise in a warm environment for 60 minutes to 2 hours.  Dough will be ready when it has doubled in size.
5. Once risen, remove the dough from the bowl and divide into two loaves.
6. On a lightly floured surface, stretch and roll out dough into a rectangle the same size as your bread pan.
7. Mix sweetener and cinnamon together and sprinkle on bread. (You can also spread melted butter on your dough before adding the cinnamon sugar mix if preferred.  That's what I do, and it tastes amazing!)  
8. Start at the end of the dough and roll your dough up like a jelly roll.  Repeat with your second ball of dough.
9. Let breads raise in a warm environment for another 60 minutes to an hour.
10. Bake at 350F for 30-45 minutes or until the top of the bread is golden brown.
11. Remove bread from oven and let cool for about 15 minutes.  Remove bread from pan and let cool on a cooling wrack the rest of the way before serving.