Cinnamon Raisin Bread. A nice easy bread to make, using your bread maker or oven. Delicious toasted and served warm with some butter.
Cinnamon Raisin Bread. Oh my! This is a lovely easy recipe which you can make in a bread machine.
The texture of the bread is lovely and soft and with the addition of raisins and cinnamon, imagine the aroma when this is baking!
I love to eat this cinnamon and raisin bread sliced and toasted and then a delicious spread of butter on the top whilst the toast is still hot. It makes for a perfect breakfast or as a snack.
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I've also used this bread to make French Toast. I used our Blueberry Bread And Butter recipe for the egg mixture amounts and slices of cinnamon raisin bread. So delicious!
This tasty recipe has been generously shared by one of our great cooks, Carina. She's always coming up with great recipes, and here we have Carina's Cinnamon Raisin Bread
Carina tells me she has adapted this recipe from the instruction book which came with her Breadmaker. She has made this recipe using the machine, and also in the oven, so you can choose which way you prefer!
If you don't have a bread machine or a mixer, we have a great tutorial here on how to knead, rise and shape dough by hand. It's very straightforward, you just need a little effort with the kneading of the dough.
So let's get straight to the recipe and see how to make this lovely cinnamon raisin bread. Please enjoy!
Recipe by Carina Duclos
Prep Time
30 minutes
Cook Time
30 minutes
Yield
1 loaf
Ingredients you'll need
- Water
- Powdered milk
- Shortening or butter
- Sugar
- Salt
- White flour - Strong bread flour is best but you can use All-Purpose.
- Cinnamon
- Raisins
- Yeast
See the recipe card below for quantities.
Instructions
Instructions For the Bread maker :
The settings are quick bread and light crust
Instructions For Oven :
1. Add the ingredients to a stand mixer in the order listed. Mix until all well combine and your dough is elastic.
2. Transfer to the bread pan, cover with a towel or even better with plastic wrap and let it rise for 30 minutes.
3. Place in oven at 350 F for about 30 minutes, it will depend on the pan you use so will be ready when it looks light brown. ( use photo as a reference.)
This is delicious served toasted with a spread of butter and lemon curd or orange / clementine curd
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Recipe Card
Cinnamon Raisin Bread
Cinnamon Raisin Bread. A nice easy bread to make, using your bread maker or oven. Delicious toasted and served warm with some butter.
Ingredients
- 1 ⅔ cups water
- 3 tbsp powdered milk
- 3 tbsp shortening or butter
- 3 tbsp sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 4 ¼ cups white flour - Strong bread flour is best but you can use All Purpose.
- 1 ½ tsp cinnamon
- 1 cup raisins
- 4 tsp yeast
Instructions
Instructions For the Bread maker :
- The settings are quick bread and light crust
Instructions For Oven :
- Add the ingredients to a stand mixer in the order listed. Mix until all well combine and your dough is elastic.
- Transfer to the bread pan, cover with a towel or even better with plastic wrap and let it rise for 30 minutes.
- Place in oven at 350 F for about 30 minutes, it will depend on the pan you use so will be ready when it looks light brown.
Notes
Please note, prep and cook times will vary depending on your bread maker.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 14 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 257Total Fat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 4mgSodium: 99mgCarbohydrates: 49gFiber: 2gSugar: 10gProtein: 6g
Nutrition information isn’t always accurate
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Myra
says:This is a great raisin bread recipe. I did use whole milk instead of water because I wanted a softer bread. And I after ther bread machine finished the mixing I baked it in the oven. I just like the shape of the loaf that way.
Mary
says:I made this for after church. Everyone loved it. I did add extra raisins and cinnamon. Will make this again but in 4 small loaf pans.