DAY 87 RECIPE: CINNAMON RAISIN BREAD

I made some amazing and delicious cinnamon raisin bread today. I thought I would share the recipe tonight instead of a dinner recipe. We just had snack night dinner, so no real recipes there anyhow! The raisin bread is so good and the whole house smells soooo great! This recipe makes a pretty decent amount, but the loaves freeze really well. Kind of a lengthy procedure, pretty easy though! Try it out! My kids really like to help with this one!
DAY 87 RECIPE:
CINNAMON RAISIN BREAD


INGREDIENTS:
1 Cup Lukewarm Water
1 tsp Sugar
2 & ¼ Tsp Quick Yeast

1 Egg
½ Cup Sugar
½ Cup Canola Oil
3 Cups Lukewarm water
1 Tsp Salt
1 Tbsp Vinegar
2+ 6 Cups Flour
2 Tbsp Cinnamon
2 Cups Raisins

DIRECTIONS:
In a small bowl dissolve 1 tsp sugar in 1 cup lukewarm water. Sprinkle yeast over top, cover and set aside.
In large mixing bowl whisk egg until frothy. Add ½ cup sugar, oil, salt, cinnamon and 3 cups of lukewarm water. Whisk together. Now stir in 2 cups flour and vinegar. Stir until all flour is absorbed. Add yeast mixture and stir some more. Add flour 1 cup at a time, kneading and mixing with your hands until flour is absorbed and dough is smooth and the tiniest bit sticky. Now knead raisins into dough.
Cover and let rise in a warm, draft free place for 1 hour. Punch the middle of the dough, flip dough in bowl and re shape into a ball. Cover and let rise for another hour. Now generously grease your loaf pans. Tear pieces of dough off and shape into a general loaf shape. This recipe should yield 6 loaves, remember this dough will rise again and grow even more when baked, so do not make these too big for your pans!
Once dough is shaped and in pans, cover and let rise one more hour.
Bake in pre heated 400 degree oven for 25 minutes.
***When removed from the oven wait 5 minutes and remove from pans. Continue to cool on wire racks. At this point it makes a nice finishing touch if you brush the tops of the loaves with a bit of melted butter.