I've been working non-stop these days so over this three day weekend, I decided to stay away from my office and have a day of rest. A restful day for me was cleaning the house and making bread while watching Bridezilla re-runs and then cocktails with my friends later in the evening. I've never made bread before so while contemplating what flavor of bread I was going to make, I found a recipe for cinnamon raisin bread from my Joys of Cooking cookbook and became nostalgic of my memories of eating raisin bread that came out of that red plastic bag with my Mom.
Finally using my wedding gift mixer for the first time. Big thanks to my in laws!!!
Waiting for the first rise. I thought I screwed up the yeast blooming and almost threw away the batch when it didn't rise as much as I would of thought. I decided to bake it anyways and it rose a lot in the oven. Phew!
Almost finished. This was my favorite part. Be sure to get the cinnamon mixture and raisins on the ends. Otherwise it becomes uneven when you roll it up.
Resting it on it's side.
Delicious. A little dense, but otherwise perfect! I'm already thinking what kind of bread I'm going to make next.
