Cinnamon Raisin Apple Bread

I am still playing with breads, we had a version of this bread a few years ago and i have trying to recreate it ever since and I have finally got. The trick was using dried apples.

Cinnamon Raisin Apple Bread

Ingredients

4 cups of unbleached flour, you can use wheat flour too
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
3/4 cups raw sugar plus an additional 1/4 cup
1 cup raisins
1 cup Dried apples, diced
3 eggs
3 teaspoons of baking powder
3 table spoons butter diced.
2 table spoons ground cinnamon

Optional
1 cup chopped pecans

Directions

In a large bowl mix together the flour, baking powder and 3/4 cups of sugar. In another bowl whisk together the cream and 2 eggs. Next cut the butter into the flour. Now add the wet to the dry and mix well, at a point you will need to throw the dough out onto a board and kneed it with you hands to combine. If the dough is still sticky, kneed some additional flour into it.

In another bowl stir together the cinnamon and the 1/4 cup of sugar.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

On a piece of floured wax paper roll out the dough to about a inch thick, enough to roll the dough up 1 1/2 times. Next sprinkle the cinnamon sugar on the dough, leaving enough sugar for the top of the loafs, followed by the apples, raisins and pecans (if using). Roll up the dough and place open side down in the pans.

Take the remaining egg and whisk then brush on the loafs and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.

Bake for about 45 to 50 minutes. Check at the 40 minute mark, if a tooth pick comes out clean its done. Some times this take 40 minutes to bake and some time 55 minutes. You want a nice deep golden brown on the top. Let cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan. The bread is great with butter.

Enjoy Cooking