Homemade raisin bread is an all time favorite in this family. It’s great any way you want to eat it. 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… mmmmmm.
Making raisin bread is time consuming, as is all homemade bread, but by the same token, it is well worth the effort!
Directions:
Yield: One 8″ pan (4-6 servings)
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:
- Substitute the 1/4 Cup of sugar for 1/2 cup of Molasses.
- 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!
Ingredients:
- 5 to 6 1/2 cups of All-purpose Flour
- 1 and 1/2 tbsp of Fleishmans Instant Quick Rise Yeast
- 1/4 cup of Shortening (Room Temperature)
- 1/2 cup of Molasses
- 1 cup of Raisins
- 1 tsp of Ground Cinnamon
- 1 tsp of Salt
- 2 cups of Hot Water (100°F)
I found this recipe on YourTube and gave it a try. It was excellent. I was surprised that the great taste using the molasses I was not sure, but it was probably the best raisin bread recipe I’ve ever make. Thanks for sharing.
I have been making this bread for 2 years and it is a family favorite and I also make it by request from my rug hooking group for tea break .turns out wonderful every time
it`s great I`ve it thank You Candra now your website is my favourite, i`m going to try pancakes:-)
Can you add more surgar if you want make it sweeter?
I really like your recipes Candra. Thank you so much. I have always liked Cheez wiz on Raison bread too. Sometimes I like Cream cheese. Anyways, I like style of making bread so much.
I love your videos. I could watch them all day long. I want to make homemade rolls so badly but it scares me to death. But I know if i keep watching you Candra I will eventually make bread.
Thank you