Homemade raisin bread is an all time favorite in this family. It's great any way you want to eat it......plain, or toasted, with peanut butter or jam or my favorite...Cheese whiz. How about a sprinkle of cinnamon and sugar on a warm piece of buttered raisin bread toast.......hmmmmmm.Making raisin bread is time consuming, as is all homemade bread, but by the same token, it is well worth the effort!
I have a "fool proof" formula for making bread, as you may have noticed by now, if you follow my blog. I use my basic white bread recipe, with one or two modifications in order to create different types of bread.
With the raisin bread, all you have to do, is follow my white bread recipe and video, making the following two changes. 1.) Substitute the 1/4 Cup of sugar for 1/2 cup of Molasses. 2.) Add 1 Cup of raisins and 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon to your flour at the very beginning.
If you'd like to make an Oatmeal Raisin Bread, just add a cup of rolled oats with your flour in the beginning. If you'd like to make some nice Oatmeal Brown Bread to go with your baked beans on a Saturday night, leave out the raisins and cinnamon. Pretty simple stuff.
Roll up your sleeves and have some fun!
