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📋 Bread Maker Cinnamon Raisin Bread

Making Cinnamon Raisin Bread in your bread machine is quick and easy, with your bread maker doing all the work for you! All you have to do is put in the ingredients! This slightly sweet bread bakes up beautifully, and makes a great breakfast, snack, or bread for French toast!
Course breakast, Snack
Cuisine American, Canadian, North American
Keyword bread, bread machine, bread maker, cinnamon, raisin
Special Diet Vegetarian
Prep Time 10 minutes
3 hours
Total Time 3 hours 10 minutes
Servings 10 slices
Calories 285kcal
Author Terri Gilson

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 13 oz water
  • 3 tbsps unsalted butter softened
  • 4 cups all - purpose flour
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • 3 tbsps white granulated sugar
  • 2 tbsps dry milk *I use dry skim milk
  • 3 tsps cinnamon
  • 1 ¾ tsps bread machine yeast
  • 1 cup raisins
US Customary - Metric

Instructions

  • Measure and add wet ingredients to the bread pan.
    13 oz water
  • Then add unsalted butter, softened NOT melted (not shown)
    3 tbsps unsalted butter
  • Measure and add dry ingredients (EXCEPT YEAST) to bread pan. For best results, pour the salt, sugar, dry milk and cinnamon along the edge of the pan on different sides (avoiding the middle of the pan)
    4 cups all - purpose flour, ¾ teaspoon salt, 3 tbsps white granulated sugar, 3 tsps cinnamon, 2 tbsps dry milk
  • Use your finger to form a well (hole) in the flour (where the yeast will go).
    *Don't dig too deep because you don't want the water to seep through
    ***The yeast must never come into contact with the liquid! ***
  • Measure yeast and carefully pour it into the well
    1 ¾ tsps bread machine yeast
  • Put the baking pan into the bread maker and close the lid.
  • At the fruit signal, add raisins, but just a small amount at a time. *you have to be very patient
    *if you don't have a fruit signal, add them after the 2nd knead.
    1 cup raisins
  • Depending on the type of bread machine you have, select 'normal' or 'basic' mode and and size (this is for a 2lb loaf). *See NOTES for 1 lb loaf
  • If you have the option, select crust color. *I recommend the lightest crust color setting (it makes it easier to cut the bread when it's baked).
  • It will take anywhere from 2 ½ - 3 ½ hours, depending on your bread machine. When the timer goes off, remove it from the machine and let it cool for 10 minutes before taking it out of the pan. Then move the loaf to a wire rack to continue cooling.

Notes

Expert Tips
  • Make sure your bread machine yeast is fresh (or at least not expired!)
  • Measure all ingredients precisely (bread machines are very finicky when it comes to exact measurements)
  • Follow the directions exactly (add ingredients in the order given) and never let the yeast touch the liquid!
  • Use a serrated knife (bread knife) when cutting the bread (it's best to wait until it cools). If you prefer it warm, I suggest toasting it afterwards, for best results
  • Select the lightest color crust, if you have the option on your bread machine (it makes it easier to cut).
 
Top tip
If you want your bread to last longer, store it in the freezer, sliced.
Once it's cooled I put it in the freezer for a couple of hours, then pull it out and slice it with a serrated knife in pieces that will fit in the toaster, then store it in the freezer. This way you can take it out, once slice at a time. You can either defrost it in the microwave for 10 seconds or pop it right in the toaster!
If your bread maker offers you the choice of crusts to use, use the light crust color, as it's easiest to cut through
 
🌡️Storage
Bread can be stored at room temperature for up to 5 days. It can be stored in the freezer for up to 3 months. *See Top Tip for the best way to store this bread and make it last longer.
To make 1 lb loaf:
  • 6.5 oz water
  • 1.5 tablespoons butter
  • 2 cups all - purpose flour
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1.5 tablespoons white sugar
  • 1 tablespoon dry milk
  • 1.5 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon bread machine yeast
  • ⅔ cup raisins
  • Measure and add liquid ingredients to the bread pan.
  • Measure and add dry ingredients (EXCEPT YEAST) to bread pan
  • Use your finger to form a well (hole) in the flour (where the yeast will go).
  • ***The yeast must never come into contact with the liquid! ***
  • Measure the yeast and carefully pour it into the well
  • Put the baking pan into the bread maker and close the lids
  • Depending on the type of bread machine you have, select 'normal' or 'basic' mode and size of loaf
  • If you have the option, select crust color.
 
 

Nutrition

Serving: 1slice | Calories: 285kcal | Carbohydrates: 55g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 189mg | Potassium: 217mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 121IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 34mg | Iron: 3mg
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