Cinnamon Raisin Bread
Recipe: #26639
July 27, 2017
Categories: Breads, Brunch, Christmas, Oven Bake, Vegetarian Yeast Bread, Flour, Spices, Kosher Dairy, more
"A simple but fantastic bread. Light, and fluffy. You can adjust the cinnamon to your taste. I often add a tsp of cinnamon in with the first 2 cups of flour to get a more intense cinnamon flavour * cooking times do not include rising time. Makes 2 loaves"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (1151.5 g)
- Calories 2659.6
- Total Fat - 24.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 12.1 g
- Cholesterol - 46.6 mg
- Sodium - 3689.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 547.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 19.6 g
- Sugars - 100.8 g
- Protein - 61.2 g
- Calcium - 172.9 mg
- Iron - 8.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.8 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Dissolve yeast in 3/4 cup warm water.
Step 2
Add 2 2/3 cup warm water, 1/4 cup sugar, salt, butter and 5 cups flour. Mix well.
Step 3
Add raisins.
Step 4
Add enough remaining flour to make dough easy to work with.
Step 5
Turn dough out onto a lightly floured, cloth covered surface and knead until smooth and elastic.
Step 6
Place dough in an oiled bowl, turning dough to coat in oil.
Step 7
Let rise, covered with a damp cloth, until doubled. approximately 1 hr.
Step 8
Punch down dough and divide in half.
Step 9
Roll each half of the dough into a rectangle, 18 x 19 inches.
Step 10
Combine 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon.
Step 11
Sprinkle each rectangle with 1 tablespoon water and half of cinnamon mixture,.
Step 12
Starting at the short end, roll the dough up into a log and pressing down on the ends to seal them, Fold ends under loaf and place roll of dough in bread pan, seam side down.
Step 13
Let dough rise until double.
Step 14
Heat oven to 425 F.
Step 15
Place loaves in oven so that the top of the pan is in the center of the oven.
Step 16
Bake 30 - 35 minute Loaves should be golden brown and sound hollow when tapped.
Tips
No special items needed.