Homemade bread with raisins

Hello!

As a child, the raisins bread was a treat for me. Every time I was going with my grandmother to the bakery for the daily bread, I wish they had this amazing bread. Eventually we started making it home. Wasn't that difficult! I know that raisins bread exist everywhere, but this one is not with eggs, butter, etc. It is a plain bread sweetened naturally from the raisins. Check it out!

yeast mixture

Here is what you need!

2-cups of flour ( preferable unbleached)

3 spoons of olive oil

1 cup of raisins ( I use a mixture of white and black raisins)

7 g -(1/4 oz) Dry yeast ( or fresh if you are lucky to find)

salt

2 table spoons of sugar.

warm water (not hot lets say 1/2 cold , 1/2 hot)

Mix in a lurge Coffee mug the yeast with a spoon of sugar and fill up to half with the warm water. Mix well with a spoon and cover with a small plate. After 20 minutes the mixture with the yeast is doubled sized and has bubbles. Very good!

before

after

Meanwhile, In a mixing bowl combine the flour , a pinch of salt( 1/3 of the teaspoon) , olive oil, 1 spoon of sugar (optional) and the raisins. Add in the mixture  the yeast . Add more water if it is necessary ( or flour). Mix well. When your dough is not sticky on your fingers its ready. Now, in a metal or plastic bowl let the dough to rise for 30 minutes. Cover the bowl with something warm ( a blanket?) and let it be.


When its double sized shape it gently, cover it again for 15 minutes and then bake it on parchement papered pan to 300-350 until the bread it gets a nice roasted color ( it might be 20-30 minutes)

Remove from the oven and let it cool. Serve! I use it for dinner rolls, or sandwiches. I love it!

Secret- Put the bowl with your bread dough in a large bowl with warm water (not hot!). This is going to make it easier and faster ( bouble sized)..

Enjoy

 Emmanuel~