Cinnamon Swirl Raisin Bread

Its the seventh and the final day of the blogging marathon. Time flies fast!! 7 days of 7 different breads. For the finale, I chose cinnamon swirl raisin bread.
When I was a kid, my Dad used to buy freshly baked bread specially for me. It will be warm when he brings it home. When my mom gives it to me with Kissan Jam. mmmmmm... divine. Sometimes even the normal milka bread( the one normally available in all grocery shops) mom will toast it with ghee & serve with Jam.. Yum!! Even for dinner I could have that. I was that kind of fan from that age.

And also my grandpa(mom's dad) has always had bread (specially ordered for him) for dinner, due to health reasons. I would love to soak that bread in water and have too. But my grandpa is no more with us now. Though its been 8 yrs now, no single day has gone without thinking of him. 

It is kind of nostalgic when I think of my love for bread. But there are people, who consider that bread has to be eaten when you are sick. Funny !!

Coming back to the cinnamon swirl bread, I tried to make it eggless and whole wheat. It was mainly for my health freak Hubby. He was so happy that I baked a bread at home and it is preservative free.
Original recipe is from Betty Crocker website. I halved the ingredients and made some substitutions. Since I used whole wheat flour, bread didnt rise much and it was a dense bread, but tasted good.

Ingredients

Bread dough

Whole wheat flour, 3 cups

Light Brown Sugar, 1/4 cup

Salt, 1/2 Tsp

Yeast, 1 pkt

Milk, 1/2 cup

Water, 1/2 cup

Oil, 3 Tbs

Yogurt, 1/4 cup

Raisins 1/2 cup

For filling

Vegetable oil,

Ground Cinnamon, 1.5 Tsp

Light Brown Sugar, 1/4 cup

Directions

1. In a large bowl, mix 2 cup of flour, sugar, salt, yeast and set aside.
2. In a sauce pan, heat, water, milk and oil until warm and add to the flour mixture and keep kneading little by little add the rest of the flour and yogurt and knead the dough well until its smooth.
3. Place the dough in the greased bowl ,cover and let it rise for an hour.
4. To this dough add raisins and knead.
5. Then roll out the dough into a large rectangle and brush oil over it.
6. In a bowl, mix sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle them on the oiled surface. Roll up the rectangle and pinch to seal the seams.
7. Slightly press the sides of folded rectangle to seal and place them in a greased loaf pan such that the seams are in the bottom of the pan.
8. Brush oil on top and let it rise for another one hour.
9. Pre-heat the oven to 375 F and bake for 30-35 minutes until the loaves are golden brown and sounds hollow when tapped.
10. Remove from pan and let it cool.
11. Slice and Serve.

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