Cinnamon Raisin Bread: BBA Challenge

For Day 9 of the BBA Challenge, we made Cinnamon Raisin Walnut Bread. Oh my! Is this bread good! And, it’s relatively easy to prepare! The only problem with this bread is that my taste tester and I could not decide which cinnamon bread we liked better – this one or the no knead version. I think it’s a tie! Both breads are great!

This cinnamon bread can be made in an evening. In fact, I started the dough after work, set it out for the first rise, made dinner, then walked on my favorite trail for an hour, came back and shaped the loaves and let them sit for the second rise, then baked them the same night. Granted, it was a little late when I finished and went to bed, but it was worth it. I had a delicious piece of cinnamon toast for breakfast the next morning! Yummy!!!

Peter Reinhart recommends a couple of substitutions to add additional flavor to this bread. I tried them and recommend them as well. It’s worth the little bit of extra time & effort it takes to roll the dough out (instead of shaping in into a loaf), and then sprinkle it with cinnamon sugar before baking. Once it’s done baking, you can brush the top of the loaf with butter and add additional cinnamon sugar on top.

Cinnamon Raisin Walnut Bread
You can find the recipe for this bread in the Bread Baker’s Apprentice

 

Thanks for joining us this week. Next time, we’ll be making Corn Bread. Yes, you heard that right. Corn bread is not normally a yeast bread, but Peter Reinhart included corn bread in this book because he claims it’s such a good recipe. Well, we’ll just have to see about that! If it’s anything like the rest of his breads, it will be fabulous! I’m ready to try something different. How about you?

Happy Baking!
Cathy