1 1/2 c Buttermilk, warmed to 130
-degrees
1/4 c Sugar
1 1/2 ts Salt
2 pk Dry yeast (rapid rise)
5 To 5 1/2 cups bromated
-flour “better bread
-flour”
1/2 ts Baking soda
1 c Finely chopped nuts
1/2 c Butter, melted
1 ts Cinnamon
2 Eggs, lightly beaten
1 c Raisins
Place sugar, salt, yeast, soda and cinnamon in large bowl. Measure
flour into a smaller bowl. Add 1 1/2 cups flour to other dry
ingredients. Blend to mix ingredients. Pour butter, eggs, and
buttermilk into dry ingredients. Beat at high speed for two minutes.
Add 1 1/2 cups more flour. Continue beating two more minutes. Change
to bread hooks. Add nuts, raisins, which have been soaked in hot
water for 20 minutes, and about 2 cups more flour (total 5 cups flour
so far). Mix with bread hooks,until dough is no longer sticky. Add
balance of flour if necessary. Knead with hooks until dough is smooth
and elastic. Place dough in greased bowl. let rise one hour.
Punch down,divide and let rest, covered with two bowls for 15 minutes.
Shape into loaves. place in greased loaf pans. Let rise for one hour.
Bake at 375 degrees for 35-40 minutes. Bakes two medium sized loaves.
Yields
1 Servings