Cinnamon Raisin bread

Name: Cinnamon Raisin bread
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 2-1/4 Tsp yeast; 2 Tsp salt; 2 Tbsp Sugar; 3 Tbsp vegetable oil; 1-1/4 Cup warm milk; 1 Egg; 4 Cups Flour; 1/4 Cup brown sugar; 2 Tbsp ground cinnamon; 1/4 Cup Dark Raisins; 2 Tbsp Softened butter

Kezengwa Irene @IKezengwa

Mombasa, Kenya

Tired of flat taste on breads, added a twist to it - the love of cinnamon, its breath taking aroma and the sweetness of raisins!

Kezengwa Irene @IKezengwa

Mombasa, Kenya

Tired of flat taste on breads, added a twist to it - the love of cinnamon, its breath taking aroma and the sweetness of raisins!

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Ingredients

2-1/4 Tspyeast
2 Tspsalt
2 TbspSugar
3 Tbspvegetable oil
1-1/4 Cupwarm milk
1Egg
4 CupsFlour
1/4 Cupbrown sugar
2 Tbspground cinnamon
1/4 CupDark Raisins
2 TbspSoftened butter

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Steps

1

Add milk, sugar, oil, and yeast in a bowl and let it sit for few mins for yeast to activate.
2

In a separate bowl add in flour, salt and the above mixture bit by bit.
3

Knead until it comes together and is nice and smooth.
4

Grease a bowl and place the dough, brush its top with little, cover and let it rise.
5

Meanwhile, line/grease your baking tin and set aside. Prepare the filing, in a small bowl add in the brown sugar with the cinnamon and mix well.
6

Punch in the dough and knead it a little just to pull it together. Roll it out and spread the softened butter well, spread the cinnamon brown sugar mixture evenly and spread enough raisins.
7

Starting from the end farthest from you roll up the dough tightly.
8

Tuck in the seams on the sides and the bottom. and place seam down on your prepared tin. Let it proof for a second time.
9

Whisk together egg and milk and use this to brush the bread on top.
10

Bake in a preheated oven at 350deg for about 40mins or till golden brown. Brush with little butter and let it cool on a rack.
11

Enjoy with a cuppa!