PW's "Cinnamon Toast the Right Way"

A few weeks ago, I started making Pioneer Woman's "Cinnamon Toast the Right Way." I haven't had the choice to stop since then because both of my boys are absolutely obsessed with it. 

It is delicious, I must say.

PW goes on a tangent about all of the different kinds of ways to make it and what's wrong and what's right. I thought this was all kind of silly... until I tried it the "right" way.

Homegirl has a point.

I used to just put some butter, sugar and cinnamon on a piece of bread when I was younger and throw it in the toaster oven. Never again.

The recipe posted is for 16 slices, which is a bit much for 2-3 people. So, when I'm cooking for two, I split the recipe in fourths, but I usually make enough for 3... and then I split the recipe into thirds, which is what I'm going to blog.

Ingredients for 1/3 (6-7 slices of bread):

6-7 slices of bread (the picture above is store bought bread, but the pictures below are homemade)

3/4 stick of butter, softened (6 tablespoons)

1/3 cup sugar

1 (heaping) teaspoon cinnamon

2/3 teaspoon vanilla (I usually do 1 tablespoon almost full because I love vanilla)

I usually head into the kitchen when I first wake up, preheat the oven and set the butter on top of the stove to help it soften. Once I'm more awake and ready to make it, I throw all of the ingredients into a mixing bowl and mix them up until it becomes one spread. Like so:

Then you spread it on the bread (these slices are kind of awkward because I was at the end of the loaf and couldn't slice it perfectly) & bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. PW then suggests you broil them, but I have an irrational fear of burning things with the broiler so I skip that step.

Then, you enjoy!

The other day, Jacob went with me to the grocery store and, half thinking out loud, I said "Hmm... what do we need?" Jacob said "Cinnamon!" While we did need cinnamon, I hadn't told him that or said it in front of him, so I asked him "What are you talking about?" He said, "I need you to make me more of that yummy toast!" How cute!