Cinnamon-swirl raisin bread

2 loaves

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
¼ cup Warm Water (110øF)
1 pinch Sugar
1 pack Active Dry Yeast
3 tablespoons Sugar
3 tablespoons Unsalted Butter, cut up
1½ teaspoon Salt
½ cup Sugar
2 cups Warm Milk (110øF)
3 cups Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
½ cup Dark Raisins
½ cup Golden Raisins
4 cups Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
1 tablespoon Ground Cinnamon

Directions

DOUGH

FILLING

Dough: Butter 2 9x5x3" loaf pans. Butter a 4 quart bowl. In a small bowl, combine warm water and pinch sugar. Sprinkle yeast over water mixture. Let stand until yeast dissolves and bubbles. While yeast is dissolving, in a large miging bowl combine 3 tb sugar, butter and salt. Pour in warm milk. Stir until butter almost melts.

Stir in 3 cups flour and dissolved yeast. Beat on high speed for 3 minutes. Stir raisins into batter. Stir in ehough of remaining flour with a wooden spoon until dough forms a ball. Turn dough out onto a well-floured surface. Knead until smooth and elastic, about 8-10 minutes, adding enough of remaining flour to keep dough from sticking. Place dough in buttered bowl, turning once to butter surface. Cover and let rise in a warm place until double, about 1¼ to 1 ½ hours. Punch dough down. Turn out on a floured board. Divide dough in half. Cover and let rest 10 minutes.

Filling: While dough rests, in a small bowl combine ½ cup sugar and cinnamon. Mix well and set aside.

Assembly: Roll half dough to a 12x8" rectangle. Sprinkle with hlaf of cinnamon filling. Press filling into dough as much as possible. Roll up tightly, jelly-roll fashion, starting at the short side. Pinch dough together at seam. Pinch ends to seal and fold under loaf.

Arrange seam-side down in loaf pan. Repeat with remaining dough.

Cover and let rise in a warm place until double, about 45 minutes to an hour. Preheat oven to 375øF. Bake at 375øF for 40-45 minutes, tenting loosely with foil during the last 15 minutes of baking time, if necessary to prevent overbrowning. Remove loaves from oven. Remove from pans. Coll loaves on racks.

Source: Victoria Magazine, January 1994 Typed by Katherine Smith Cyberealm BBS Watertown NY 315-786-1120

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