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Today we will be making - Sweet Molasses Raisin Bread! This is an old fashioned traditional recipe our elders would make for special occasions. So tasty and easy to make.....
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Ingredients:
8½ cups, white flour
2 Tbsp, fast rising or traditional yeast
¼ cup, melted butter or margarine, more for hands and pans
½ tsp, sea salt
½ cup, brown Sugar
2 Cups, warm water more if needed
¾ cup, molasses
1 tsp, vanilla
2 tbsp, cinnamon
½ Tsp, ground Cloves
2½ cups, raisins
½ Tbsp, white Sugar
Prep time: 10 minutes, mixing time: 10 minutes, rising time: 2 x ½ hour, baking time 30 minutes
Method:
1 - Combine in large bowl: 8 cups flour, ½ cup brown sugar, sea salt, raisins, cinnamon and ground cloves, mix together.
2 - In another bowl, add dry fast rising or traditional yeast with 1 cup warm water and ½ tbsp white sugar, let rise for a five minutes.
3 - In another bowl add 1 cup of warm water and ¾ cup molasses mix together, then melt ¼ cup butter in a glass bowl.
4 - When yeast is ready pour over flour mixture in bowl then start adding the warm water, butter, molasses and vanilla mixing all ingredients together with a spoon or kitchen aid until it thickens then keep adding flour to work dough together, add more water if need at this stage ONLY” this will be done with your hand.
5 - Knead dough, add more flour if necessary until dough is smooth , elastic and no longer sticky and you can hear cracking sounds of the dough when folding dough inward, keep working dough into a ball.
6 - When completed sprinkle some flour over the top. I always draw the sign of a cross a few times on top then cut the top of the dough like a cross then cover with parchment paper and big towel. “Crossing your bread is optional”.
7 - Let rise in a warm place on your counter top until dough rises for 30 minutes then knead it down for a couple of minutes.
8 - Repeat this step letting the dough rise again for another 30 minutes.
9 - After your dough rises “ DON’T DEFLATE DOUGH” and cut in pieces forming it inwards into a ball, placing dough in bread pans, place three buns in each pan.
10 - Makes 3 loafs of bread keep covered and in a warm place until bread rises half the size you started with or just 30 minutes.
Pre-heat oven at 350 degrees F, bake bread for 30 to 40 minutes or until golden brown or depending on your oven, when bread is baked take out of your pans and place them out on a cooling rack.
BAKING TIPS: Sweet bread don't rise the same as white bread and it's a little heavier but ever so good. Grease bread with butter then cover with parchment paper and towel to soften tops. Don’t deflate the dough on its last rising because you need the air to stay in dough when folding them into balls.
Sweet Molasses & Raisin Bread
(One Loaf only)
Recipe:
Ingredients:
2¾ cups White or Wheat flour.
1½ tsp yeast
1½ tsp melted butter, or Margarine
Pinch Sea salt
¼ cup Brown Sugar
1¼ cup warm water.
¼ cup molasses and pinch oil in bowl
¼ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp Ground Cloves
½ cup raisins ( more if liked )
½ tsp White Sugar, for proofing yeast only
"Can be made in the bread maker follow the bread maker method for mixing and baking."
Method:
Combine in large bowl: 2½ cups flour, brown sugar and salt and raisins, cinnamon, cloves,salt toss together. ( keep ¼ cup flour to work the dough )
In another bowl, add dry fast rising yeast with ½ cup warm water and ½ tsp white sugar, stir together, Let rise for a five minutes.
In another bowl add pinch oil then molasses and baking soda, melted butter
Pour yeast mixture over flour mixture in bowl then start adding the warm water and butter, molasses and vanilla mixing all ingredients together with a spoon or your hand until it thickens then keep adding flour to work dough together,add more water if need.
"This will be done with your hands."
Knead dough, add more flour if necessary until dough is smooth , elastic and no longer sticky and you can hear cracking of the dough when folding dough. Keep working dough into a ball.
When completed sprinkle some flour over the top. Then cover with wax paper or parchment paper and a towel.
Let rise in a warm place until dough rises for half an hour then knead it down.
Repeat this step letting the dough rise again for another ½ hour.
After your dough rises cut in pieces forming it inwards into a ball, then put in your bread pan. Make one loaf.
Makes 1 loaf of bread keep covered and in a warm place until bread rises half the size you started with.
FOLLOW BAKING TIME AT THE TIME.
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