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Bread Machine Cinnamon-Raisin Bread
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Bread Machine Cinnamon-Raisin Bread

What could be better than waking up to the aroma of this warm baked bread?! From eatbetteramerica.
Prep Time:10 min
Start to Finish:3 hr 40 min
makes:1 loaf (1 1/2 lb), 12 slices

1cup water
2tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
3cups bread flour
3tablespoons sugar
1 1/2teaspoons salt
1teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 1/2teaspoons bread machine yeast
3/4cup raisins
1.Measure carefully, placing all ingredients except raisins in bread machine pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Add raisins at the Raisin/Nut signal or 5 to 10 minutes before last kneading cycle ends.
2.Select Sweet or Basic/White cycle. Use Medium or Light crust color. Remove baked bread from pan and cool on wire rack.

Nutritional Information
1 Slice: Calories 180 (Calories from Fat 25); Total Fat 2 1/2g (Saturated Fat 1 1/2g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 5mg; Sodium 310mg; Total Carbohydrate 36g (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 8g); Protein 5% Daily Value*: Vitamin A 0%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 0%; Iron 10Exchanges: 2 Starch; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable Carbohydrate Choices: 2 1/2 MyPyramid Servings: 2 oz-equivalents Grains 
*% Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
MyPyramid Servings 2 oz-equivalents Grains

 
 
 
1 Review

 

The only reason I gave this bread a 4 instead of 5 is that I needed to add maybe 1-2 T more of warm water than recipe calls for. My neighbor and I both had a piece of this bread toasted and it was fantastic!
Posted at 9:38 AM on November 3 2008 by Ppetachi ,