Great for snacks, sandwiches, French Toast or to simply eat warm from the oven as they are. Add flour or milk, as appropriate, 1 tablespoon at a time to make dough stick to the side of the pan and then pull away as it kneads. Growing up, that was my go-to item at every bakery. Cinnamon Raisin Artisan Bread Notes. High five if you recall a certain raisin pandan bread with a light dust of castor sugar. But … Heat milk, 1/2 cup water, and 1/4 cup butter in a saucepan to 120º to 130º. The 2 tablespoons brown sugar won’t make the bread very sweet. It has taken me a wee while to get it just right though. This light and fluffy bread is packed with raisins, sweetened with honey, and warmly spiced with cinnamon. Can you freeze raisin bread? Easy crusty bread; Soft and fluffy bread rolls; Easy White Bread This bread is delicious, but can easily turn dense. Round the dough into a ball, and place it in a greased bowl (or let it remain in the bread machine), and let it rise for about 2 hours, or until it's noticeably puffy though not necessarily doubled in bulk. Cinnamon Raisin Bread is a recipe I found a version of in the archives here in Butter With A Side of Bread. After reading the other reviews I was concerned about ending up with a dry, crumbly loaf so here's how I altered the recipe. Raisin Bread. While everyday Irish bread is made with baking soda and whole wheat flour, ours has just a touch of whole wheat; adds yeast to the leavening, and begins with an overnight starter, which improves flavor, texture, and keeping qualities. Place walnuts in a pre-heated oven at 180C (356F). A sourdough cinnamon raisin bread has always been on a front runner to try. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. A while back I made raisin rolls using the tangzhong method, a natural method that creates a wonderfully soft and fluffy bread. Orange Brioche bread, luxuriously soft and buttery, with a hint of orange throughout. For many years, I made Raisin Bread with all-purpose flour and had very good results. I added 1/2 cup of applesauce to the wet ingredients, increased the cinnamon to 1 tsp and shortened the baking time to 55 minutes. This soft sandwich bread, studded with raisins, is our American take on "fancy" Irish bread. This is because bread flour has a higher protein content than the standard all-purpose flour. Instructions Make the filling. (The emphasis here is on “crusty bread,” because since this method involves water, it won’t work well on soft, spongy types of bread.) I know there are people who don’t like raisins. In addition to all that this sourdough raisin bread is PACKED full of raisins. The Raisin Bread for Raisin Lovers is chewy and has a hearty outer crust with a dense, soft, and moist interior. In a small bowl, combine the sugar and cinnamon. Baked raisin bread will last for up to 3 days wrapped in foil on the kitchen counter. This Cinnamon Raisin Bread is one of the simplest breads you can make at home from scratch, and and it’s loaded with wonderful cinnamon flavor and juicy raisins! July 12, 2020 November 1, 2020. The butter adds a soft, richness to the dough. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes until hot enough but not brown. Sweet cinnamon raisin challah bread is airy, soft and fluffy with a beautiful golden crust coated with almonds. Attach dough hook to the mixer and mix on low speed for 3 minutes, until dough starts to come together. Method: Mix raisins with rum well. A twist on a classic, this soft sourdough cinnamon raisin bread recipe gets a noteworthy upgrade with tangy sourdough and vanilla soaked raisins. Because there’s cinnamon and raisins in the custard, you’ll still have some of those flavors. I had an idea of what the texture should be and a regular sourdough bread with raisins wasn’t going to cut it. If you really like good swirls and veins if cinnamon in your bread, fold it and roll it up, then gently flatten it and do it again. For those of you unfamiliar with the tangzhong method, it’s a method described in a Chinese book “65 degrees tangzhong method” which creates a super soft and fluffy bread. Place flour, sugar, yeast, and salt in the bowl of a standing mixer and mix to combine. Simple to make & you’ll love the wonderful scent as it bakes! It also makes the crust soft! It melts in your mouth and just floods you with warm, comforting flavors. It's cooked to a certain temperature, cooled, and added to the bread recipe here. Be careful to let it rest and rise plenty between working with it, and avoid kneading it at all. Easy bread recipes. We love it toasted with cream cheese or melted butter and it makes great french toast! The bread is a basic and easy to make recipe but because the raisin had been soaked so the moisture from it make the bread moist and soft. Preheat oven to 375ºF, then bake bread for 40–50 minutes until the inside reads 190ºF to 200ºF with a thermometer. Prepare Loaves: Combine 1 1/4 cups flour, 1/4 cup granulated sugar, and 2 envelopes yeast in a large bowl. Ingredients. My kids inhale at least half of a loaf each Sunday for their breakfast. It’s excellent toasted with butter and sprinkling of cinnamon-sugar. Lovely cinnamon raisin quick bread! Add all ingredients but raisins to bread machine pan in order listed. Add 1/2 cup sugar, oil, salt, eggs and 4 cups flour. Homemade bread takes a bit of work and time, but to me it’s always worth it. Add egg, water, milk, and butter. Bread: If you don’t have cinnamon raisin bread, you can replace it with a different bread option. (Still topped with peanut butter of course!) Soon, this sweet bread loaf made its way into becoming an American staple breakfast. 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