Sweet Raisin Bread

11 ingredients
15 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 c. milk
  • 2/3 c. sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 3/4 c. margarine
  • 3/4 c. lukewarm water
  • 3 pkg. active dry yeast
  • 4 eggs plus 1 egg yolk
  • 1 egg white (for egg wash to brush top)
  • 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 9 c. flour
  • 2 1/4 c. raisins

Directions

  1. 1
    Scald milk.
  2. 2
    Add sugar, margarine, salt and cinnamon.
  3. 3
    Cool to lukewarm.
  4. 4
    Dissolve yeast in lukewarm water; combine with milk mixture.
  5. 5
    Add eggs plus egg yolk; mix well.
  6. 6
    Add some of the flour, then the raisins and the rest of the flour.
  7. 7
    Knead bread dough on a floured surface until it is smooth and does not stick to your hands.
  8. 8
    Add extra flour a little at a time, if needed.
  9. 9
    Place dough in a greased pan and cover it with a towel.
  10. 10
    Allow the dough to rise in a draft-free and warm place until double in bulk.
  11. 11
    Remove dough from pan and divide it into loaves.
  12. 12
    Place in well-greased loaf pans.
  13. 13
    Cover and allow dough to rise again until double in bulk, or just until it rises above the sides of the loaf pan.
  14. 14
    Take 1 beaten egg white and brush the top of the loaves.
  15. 15
    Bake.

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