In a medium saucepan, melt butter with milk until warm. Do not boil! Pour into a small bowl and allow this to cool until lukewarm. Sprinkle active dry yeast over the top and gently whisk together. 

Let this sit for 10 minutes. 

In a medium bowl, mix flour and salt and set aside. 

In the bowl of a stand mixer, add your sugar and eggs and mix with your paddle attachment until combined. 

Now you can add the secret ingredient of vanilla bean paste and vanilla extract! 

Pour in melted butter, milk, and yeast mixture and stir to combine. 

Add half of the flour mixture and mix on medium speed. Add remaining half of flour and mix again until all combined. 

Switch out your paddle attachment for a dough hook and knead the dough on medium speed for 10 minutes. If the dough is too sticky, add 1/4 cup and beat for 5 more minutes. 

Heat a large glass bowl in the microwave for 20 seconds to get it nice and warm. Drizzle a little bit of canola oil and smear around. 

Take a bowl scraper - this is the bowl scraper I use- it is SO convenient when working with a sweet dough and scrape the bread dough into the warm glass bowl. Turn once to coat the dough ball. 

Cover bowl with plastic wrap and set in a nice warm place for an hour to 1 1/2 hours. Your dough should double in size. 

Mix 1/3 cup granulated sugar and 2 Tablespoons cinnamon. 

Punch down dough and turn out onto a very lightly dusted work surface. 

Roll dough into an 18 to 24-inch long rectangle (no wider than your loaf pan). 

Smear the dough with melted butter and sprinkle cinnamon and sugar mixture over the entire rectangle. 

Starting with the far end, roll dough toward you, as tightly as possible. Pinch seam to seal. 

Place in loaf pan seam side down. Cover with a towel or plastic wrap and put back in a warm place and allow the dough to rise for 1 hour. 

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. 

Place loaf pan on center rack and bake for 40 minutes. Your Cinnamon bread should turn a beautiful golden brown and sound a bit hollow when tapping the bottom. 

Remove from the pan and let cool on a rack before slicing.