Cinnamon California Raisin Pull-Apart Bread
This Cinnamon raisin pull-apart bread is moist with reduced sugar and filled with a mixed nut paste. It’s perfect with a cup of coffee and one that you would keep enjoying through fall and the holiday season. Thank you California Raisins for sponsoring this recipe. All opinions are 100% my own!
Happy Monday friends! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. We had a great family meal at the in-laws and I think I am still full from all the festivities, pies and homemade marshmallows. I decided to walk it off the next day at the mall but it was a bad idea. Was too much of a mess even at 4pm when I made it out. Oh well! Thank goodness I had this cinnamon raisin pull-apart bread waiting for me at home.
As the holiday season creeps even closer, the amounts of sweets we are consuming is on sky high!! I mean, ’tis the season! But from time to time, we need to cut down on the sugar which is why I love using natural sweeteners. Whether it’s a little maple syrup to sweeten some muffins or raisins to sweeten this cinnamon raisin pull apart bread, there are some great alternatives when you’ve had your fill of sugar this holiday season.
Did you know you could use raisins to naturally sweeten your treats? I know we all love to throw them on our salads or into oatmeal but they are an all-natural, dried-by-the-sun fruit you can feel good about using to sweeten your baked goods – especially during the holidays. When California Raisins asked me to come up with a naturally sweetened holiday recipe, I thought to myself, this is a great time to try out something new and reduce the sugar in it.
I’ve always seen pull-apart breads but never thought of trying them since I had chronic yeast-phobia. But now that I am so over it (YEAST is not the devil!!), I figured I should try this delicious looking bread that offers so much capacity for filling diversity!
This cinnamon raisin pull-apart bread is a classic and nothing beats classics. Starting with soft and perfect dough, it is lined with brown butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, raisins and some walnuts. Right? All things you want to have together!! Folded and joined together in harmony. Sweet harmony of great things and a breakfast favorite with coffee.
This cinnamon raisin pull-apart bread is a classic and nothing beats classics. Starting with soft and perfect dough, it is lined with brown butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, raisins and some walnuts. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Cinnamon California Raisin Pull-Apart Bread
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Disclosure: I participated in this sponsored campaign on behalf of Kitchen PLAY for their client California Raisins. All opinions stated are my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that keep me inspired!
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Zainab, I LOVE pull apart bread. . definitely one of my faves!!! love love love this cinnamon raisin pull apart bread, looks SO good!!! Wow, my hats off to you for braving the mall on black Friday, yo. we went bowling for M’s bday. . but still . . glad you made it outta there in one piece! 🙂
Thanks Alice!! And I am crazy lol. I was bored on Friday because the hubs was working so went with a girlfriend to walk around.
This looks so good, Zainab! 🙂 I have never tried making a pull-apart bread before. I just may have to start with this one… 😉
Thank you Carrie!!
Pull apart breads are the best…love the addition of raisins here!
They really are!! Thanks Meghan!
This pull apart bread looks amazing! I love raisins both for snacking and sweetening! I even use them to sweeten smoothies!
Thanks Jill! I love using raisins in my smoothies too!!
Cinnamon raisin pull apart bread looks amazing, Zainab
Thanks dear!
You did an amazing job with this, Zainab. Wish we were neighbors!
I wish we were too 🙂
I’ve never made a pull-apart bread and I’m dying to try it! This looks so amazing, Zainab. You’re definitely not afraid of yeast any longer!
Zainab, this is one GORGEOUS bread! I love that you used raisins too (sometimes I feel like raisins don’t get their time in the sun but I super love them :). And pull apart bread? Yes to all of that!
This bread looks so sensational. I think I need a carb overload day for this.
This looks so good! I’ve never made it before but I’m feeling that it’s time to start…Pinned!
Oh my, after being out all day I would have loved to come home to this pull apart bread too! Especially with all the cinnamon and raisins. It looks amazing!!
I can’t believe you even tried to go to the mall – I stayed far away. But at least you sort of burned off the food coma? I have yeast-o-phobia so I need to get over that so I can try this!
Ok, yum! This looks amazing!!
Really, homemade marshmallows? Amazing!
Sounds like you ate your way through Thanksgiving – that’s what it’s supposed to be all about, though, isn’t it, so no worries!
The bread looks incredible, and thanks for the raisins shout-out. You’re right that they make a great natural sweetener!
drooooling over the layers!!! SO GOOD!
this bread looks fabulous! yuM!
I’m still struggling with yeast-based breads, but I will conquer them once and for all! Lol. I have been wanting to try a pull-apart bread for the longest time – I need to do it. Big fan of raisins in oatmeal and in cookies! This bread looks fabulous! Btw, can’t believe you braved the mall on Black Friday! I don’t leave my house all day. Haha!
Classic bread flavor combo with the fun of pull apart bread. Wonderful! I could easily just eat this and nothing else for breakfast and be one happy camper.
That looks so good! I wish I could eat that right now 🙂
🙂
This bread is so pretty, and you KNOW how I love naturally-sweetened treats!
I do 🙂
Glad you survived a trip to the mall on Black Friday. I’m too afraid to leave my house on that day! I’d rather stay home with this bread!
Hhaha it is scary undertaking lol!
Well hello there, beautiful loaf of bread! I want to pull apart this bread and stuff my face with it. LOL. BUT, I have been stuffing my face with massive amounts of leftovers since Thursday. I made enough to feed a crowd and it was just Ken and I. LOL
Hahhah I feel like I have been stuffing my face since then too. Maybe that’s why we are all so lazy today?
Pull-apart bread are so fun to eat and the raisins paired with cinnamon scream the holidays!
They are really fun!!
Zainab, this pull apart bread is making me drool, I’m loving the festive flavors and I want to make a big batch of this!!!!!! Pinning!
Thanks Samina!
Cinnamon raisin bread is one of my favorite treats! What a great idea to make it into a pull-apart bread! This looks delish!
Thanks Lisa!!
I made version of this for the holiday, it was a big hit.
MMMM…This looks amazing! It kind of reminds me of monkey bread which as you know, is full of non-natural sugar 😉 I love how you’ve added raisins and nuts for full flavor.
Thank you Grace!!
I love pull apart bread! This looks so good!
Thanks Jessica!
Whoo! I’m such a huge fan of pull-apart breads–it’s the only thing I can yeast up and not feel terrible (or terrified) about. Happy Tuesday, gal!
Hahhah nothing to be terrified here!! Happy Tuesday indeed. Just saw your pice cream lol!
Yeast is the best!! And so is this bread – wow – so gorgeous! And it looks delicious – I love the raisins in there!
Thanks girl!!
Cinnamon raisin bread is my favorite!! This pull-apart bread looks super delicious.
Thanks Karishma!
Every time I hear or read the words “California raisin” I think of the claymation raisins from the 80s/90s. Remember them? They used to sing “I Heard It On The Grapevine.” To be honest, claymation freaks me out. Anyways, enough of a weird tangent – Zainab, this pull-apart bread looks freaking fantastic! I’ve always wanted to make pull-apart bread – it’s always so impressive and delicious. I’d have a hard time not eating this entire loaf myself.
Hahhah that is so funny Nancy!! It never occurred to me but you are so right!
This is the perfect treat for Christmas morning! I love pull apart bread and that cinnamon raisin filling looks amazing!
Yes it is!! Thanks Ashley!!
This looks fantastic Zainab!! I want some with my coffee right now!!
I would love some with a glass of milk 🙂
This bread looks so good! I have never made pull apart bread before. I will have to try it. I love The cinnamon and raisins in this bread.
In step #6, what do you mean sprinkle the cinnamon sugar on top of the sugar? Also in the ingredients, honey is listed, but is not in the directions. When is this added? Looking forward to trying this recipe! Thanks.
Hi Gracie, the cinnamon sugar is made in Step #4 above. You sprinkle the cinnamon sugar over the butter (not sugar! sorry!). Honey goes in with the flour. Recipe card was updated to clarify these questions. Hope you get to try it!