How to make cinnamon toast covers the traditional method of making cinnamon toast and variations for it. It also provides resources on how to get the great taste of cinnamon toast in other ways.

• Making cinnamon toast is not a complex activity and you may wonder why someone would need instructions on how to do it. There are actually various ways you can make cinnamon toast. This page covers both the traditional and nontraditional methods of making it.

1. Vietnamese or Saigon cinnamon is considered the "best" cinnamon.
2. Try different types of bread for different flavors.
3. You can use brown sugar with or instead of granulated sugar.
4. You can make and store your own cinnamon sugar.
5. Cinnamon sugar butter is easy to make and will store for three weeks.

• In order to make cinnamon toast you will need some type of toasting device. This can be a toaster, a toaster oven or a broiler. You will also need the following ingredients:
• Cinnamon: Any variety will suffice.
• Sugar: Can be granulated or powdered.
• Butter or Margarine: Any type of salted or unsalted butter or margarine will do
• Bread: White bread is the traditional choice. However, whole wheat or French bread are also good options.

1. Toast bread to desired darkness.

2. While still warm, spread toast with butter or margarine.

3. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.

4. Optional: Place in an oven broiler until sugar bubbles and browns.Cooks.com: Cinnamon Toast

1. Toast bread after it has been buttered and topped with cinnamon and sugar.RecipeZaar: Quick and Easy Cinnamon Toast Recipe
2. Soften butter or margarine before spreading.RecipeZaar: Amanda's Cinnamon Toast Recipe A stick of butter will soften in a microwave after about 15 to 20 seconds on high.Dr. Toast's Amazing World of Toast: Grown-Up Ingredients Elevate Cinnamon Toast
3. Use brown sugar instead of granulated sugar.RecipeZaar: Delicious Cinnamon Toast Recipes suggest using 1 tablespoon brown sugar to 1 teaspoon cinnamon per slice of bread.RecipeZaar: Cinnamon Toast Delight Recipe
4. You can opt to skip the toasting and just use your broiler to make cinnamon toast.
   1. Place bread on a baking sheet about 6 inches below the broiler until golden brown.Recipezaar: Broiled Cinnamon Toast Recipe
   2. Turn bread over and spread with butter, cinnamon and sugar.MarthaStewart.com: Cinnamon Toast
   3. Return bread to broiler for three to four minutes or until crispy.FamilyFun: Broiled Cinnamon Toast Recipe
5. Top your cinnamon toast with unsweetened cocoa powder before broiling to make chocolate cinnamon toast. Use about 1 part cocoa powder for every 3 parts sugar.Web About Health: Chocolate-Cinnamon Toast: The Ultimate Comfort Food
6. Premix the cinnamon and sugar.
7. Use cinnamon sugar butter.

• Although you can purchase pre-blended cinnamon sugar, it is easier and less expensive to make your own. Plus, it ensures that the cinnamon-sugar ratio is to your taste.

• You can easily make your own cinnamon sugar. All you need is sugar, cinnamon and an airtight container. Deciding on the ratio of cinnamon and sugar is a matter of taste. Recipes have shown as little as 1 teaspoon to as much as 10 teaspoons of cinnamon per 1/2 cup of sugar.RecipeZaar Nanny's Cinnamon Toast RecipeZaar: Amanda's Quick and Easy Cinnamon Toast
  1. Simply combine the cinnamon and sugar.
  2. Stir or shake to mix.
  3. Store the cinnamon sugar mixture at room temperature.Good Taste: How to Make Cinnamon Sugar
  4. Store in a clean spice jar with a shaker top to make it easy to use.Good Taste: How to Make Cinnamon Sugar
  5. Brown sugar and nutmeg can also be added.
     1. Use 1/2 brown sugar and 1/2 granulated sugar instead of the straight white sugar.RecipeZaar: Cinnamon Sugar Recipe
     2. Add about 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg to 2 cups of sugar (optional).RecipeZaar: Cinnamon Sugar Mix for Cinnamon Toast Recipe Then add cinnamon to taste.

• To make cinnamon sugar butter, you will need:
  • • 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
    • 4 teaspoons to 4 tablespoons brown sugar, packedAbout.com: Brown Sugar and Cinnamon Butter Recipe RecipeZaar: Sugar Cinnamon Butter Recipe
    • 4 tablespoons granulated sugar (optional)RecipeZaar: Cinnamon Butter Recipe
    • 1/4 teaspoon to 4 teaspoons ground cinnamonGroupRecipes: Brown Sugar & Cinnamon Butter Recipe RecipeZaar: Cinnamon Butter Recipe
    • 1/8 teaspoon to 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg (optional)GroupRecipes: Brown Sugar & Cinnamon Butter Recipe About.com: Brown Sugar and Cinnamon Butter Recipe

1. Beat all ingredients until smooth and fluffy.RecipeZaar: Sugar Cinnamon Butter Recipe
2. Refrigerate over night.RecipeZaar: Cinnamon Butter Recipe
3. Store tightly covered in the refrigerator for up to three weeks.The Rustic Kitchen: Cinnamon Sugar Butter

• Now that you have perfected and expanded your cinnamon toast recipes, you may be interested in checking out some of Mahalo's other pages, such as how to make apple butter, how to make French toast, how to make pancakes, how to make pumpkin butter, how to make French bread or how to make bread.