cinnamon raisin bread

mmm doesn't that just sound delicious??

i love the smell of cinnamon, and i love the smell of bread baking in the house

this afternoon i felt quite chilled, and i thought that some nice warm fresh bread would hit the spot. also, i remembered that i had raisins so... cinnamon raisin bread was an obvious choice!

again, i use my breadmaker, so i don't really have steps for making it without the breadmaker. i know you alternate kneading & rising, and then with baking, the whole process takes 2 hours & 20 minutes.

so hopefully you have a breadmaker & you can use this recipe!

cinnamon raisin bread

1 cup water
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
2 1/4 cups flour
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
1/2 cup raisins *

Put ingredients into the breadmaker in the order listed above, except for the raisins. Make a well in the flour & put the yeast in the well. Start your breadmaker. Set a separate timer for 10 minutes. *At the 10 minute mark, pour in the raisins a little at a time. Use a rubber spatula to press on the dough as it is being kneaded so that it will pick up the raisins & incorporate them properly. then leave it be. 2 hours & 10 minutes later... voila! warm tasty bread.

fresh from the oven