Raisin Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk
• 3 teaspoons shortening
• 4 teaspoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 package yeast
• 1 1/2-2 teaspoons cinnamon (or more)
• 4 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup raisins

Recipe

• 1 heat milk.
• 2 add shortening, sugar and salt.
• 3 dissolve yeast in 2 tbsp warm water.
• 4 add to mixture.
• 5 add 2 cups flour and beat until smooth, beat in cinnamon.
• 6 cover and let rise in a warm place 1 hour.
• 7 add raisins and enough flour to make a firm dough.
• 8 knead until smooth and elastic to touch.
• 9 cover and set in a warmplace to rise until double in bulk.
• 10 knead again.
• 11 form into loaf and put in greased baking pan.
• 12 cover and set in warm place to rise until double in bulk.
• 13 bake in a 350 oven for 50-60 min.
• 14 optional-rather than mix in the cinnamon you can take the raisins, 1/4 cup each brown sugar and butter and the cinnamon and make a paste.
• 15 after the first rising and kneading pat out your dough and spread this mixture on it.
• 16 roll jelly roll fashion and continue on with the recipe.
• 17 this can be iced with powdered sugar mixed with the smalest amount of milk.