Monday, October 14, 2013

Homemade Cinnamon Raisian Bread

This bread turned out so delicious. Never have made bread before so naturally  I was a little nervous for how it was going to turn out. All in all its divine, just has a really weird shape to it, i'm not actually sure what happened. As you can see my family and I already chowed down on some of the bread, straight when it came out of the oven.
When it was still warm. :p I'm still licking my lips, I literally could not stop eating it, I had maybe 3 pieces before my Mom told  me to stop. Yum yum yummy in my tummy, that's all I can say.

Ingredients:
Bread:
1 cup of milk
6 table spoons of butter
2 packets of active dry yeast
2 eggs
1/3 cups sugar
3 1/2 cups of all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
Filling:
1/3 cups sugar
2 table spoons cinnamon
After wards, top of bread (before put into oven):
1 egg and some milk mixed together (for brushing)

Directions:
- Melt butter with milk; heat until very warm, but don't boil. Allow to cool until still warm but not hot to touch.
- Sprinkle yeast over the top, stir gently, and allow to sit for 10 minutes.
- Combine flour and milk.
- In a bowl mix sugar and eggs
- Pour in the milk/butter/yeast mixture and stir
- Add half the flour mixture ad beat until well combined
- Add the other half and beat
- Add raisins
- Knead dough well for about 10 minutes
- If dough is still sticky add more flour
- Coat bowl with flour or butter or owl then put the dough in, cover bowl with plastic wrap, or tin foil
- Set it in a warm place for 2 hour (I did it over night, cause I started to make it so late in the day)
- Flour the surface of your work place, then turn dough out onto it
- Roll into a neat rectangle wider than the loaf pan you are going to use
- Smear surface of dough with 2 table spoons of melted butter
- Then sprinkle the cinnamon sugar mixture over the dough; evenly
- Starting at far end roll towards yourself tightly
- Pinch the seams to seal
- Grease pan
- Place dough in seam down in pan and cover with plastic wrap or tin foil for 2 hours
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Mix an egg and some milk and smear over the top of the bread
- Bake for about 40 minutes or until the top is brown and when cut open a little seems finished in the inside. (doesn't sink when you press your fingers in it)
- Remove from pan and allow bread to cool
- Then slice it and serve it with butter, jam, peanut butter, anything you want to put on it.

Just make sure you try a piece when it is still warm. It will make your insides melt. The bread melts in your mouth. The raisins have doubled in size and plumped up, and when put in your mouth explode with flavor.
To sum it up you are having a party in your mouth.
Once you have baked you own homemade bread, to other bread will ever taste any better.
I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as my family and I did, because once you start eating it there is no stopping you.

Recepie: from The Pioneer Woman I just added raisins http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/08/homemade-cinnamon-bread/