Apple Raisin Bread Recipes

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine yeast, 1/2 cup water and sugar; set aside. In a large bowl, combine eggs, applesauce, honey, oil, salt and remaining water; mix well.
• Stir in yeast mixture.
• Gradually add enough flour to form a soft dough. Knead on a floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes.
• Place dough in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. Punch down and turn over in bowl.
• Cover and let rise 30 minutes. In a small bowl, combine apples, raisins and lemon juice. Divide dough into three parts; knead one-third of the apple mixture into each part.
• Shape each into round flat balls. Place each in a greased 8-in. round baking pan that has been sprinkled with cornmeal. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour. Brush each loaf with egg and sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake at 350°F for 30 to 35 minutes or until brown sounds hollow when tapped.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a bowl, beat oil, eggs and vanilla. Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, cloves and baking powder; beat into the egg mixture. Stir in apples, raisins and nuts. Pour into two greased 9x5-in. loaf pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 60-70 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine yeast, 1/2 cup water and sugar; set aside. In a large bowl, combine eggs, applesauce, honey, oil, salt and remaining water; mix well. Stir in yeast mixture. Gradually add enough flour to form a soft dough. Knead on a floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes. Place dough in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. , Punch down and turn over in bowl. Cover and let rise 30 minutes. In a small bowl, combine the apples, raisins and lemon juice. Divide dough into 3 parts; knead a third of the apple mixture into each part. Shape each into a round flat ball. Place each in a greased 8-in. round baking pan that has been sprinkled with cornmeal. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour. , Brush each loaf with egg and sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until bread sounds hollow when tapped.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Take peeled and chopped apples and place them in a micowave safe bowl.
• Add water to the apples and microwave for 1 to 1 1/2 minutes.
• Combine apples and all remaining ingriendients and mix thoroughly.
• Pour mixture into a greased loaf pan.
• Bake for 1 hr to 1 hr 15 minutes.
• When done let sit for 15 mins before removing from pan and placing on a wire rack.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• In a large deep skillet, saute 2 chopped red onions, 2 minced garlic cloves and 3 chopped celery stalks in 1 stick butter for 1 minute.
• Season with salt and pepper and add 4 diced peeled apples, 1 tablespoon chopped thyme, 1 teaspoon aniseed and 1 cup golden raisins; cook 5 minutes.
• Pour in 4 go 6 cups chicken broth. Simmer until step 5.
• In a large bowl, mix 3 eggs, a scoop of grainy mustard and 3 tablespoons each chopped parsley and tarragon.
• Add to the bowl 8 cups each toasted pumpernickel and sourdough bread cubes and the hot broth mixture.
• Gently toss the stuffing, then spread in a buttered 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Dot the top with butter or turkey pan drippings, cover and bake 30 minutes at 350. Uncover and bake until golden, 20 more minutes.

Steps:

• In a large baking dish, whisk eggs, milk, and cinnamon. Set aside. Place the bread slices in the egg mixture. Let soak until the egg mixture is completely absorbed into the bread, turning over occasionally, for 1 to 2 minutes. Heat a griddle over medium low heat. Add the butter and melt. Cook the bread on the griddle until brown and heated through, about 2 to 4 minutes per side. Make 2 sandwiches with the bread and apple pie filling. Cut each sandwich in half. Transfer to plates and serve with additional butter. Top with powered sugar, if desired.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 11x7-inch glass baking dish. Whisk first 6 ingredients in large bowl to blend. Fold in bread, apple, and raisins. Pour batter into prepared dish. Bake pudding 30 minutes. Sprinkle with additional cinnamon. Bake pudding until top is golden and center is set, about 35 minutes longer.
• Spoon pudding into bowls. Top with vanilla ice cream and serve.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.
• In large bowl measure flour, sugar, baking powder, soda, salt, cinnamon, and raisins. Stir thoroughly. Make a well in center.
• In small bowl beat egg until frothy. Mix in melted butter and milk. Pour into well. Stir just enough to moisten. Scrape into greased 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.
• Bake in 350 degree F (175 degree C) oven for 1 hour. Serve plain or toasted with butter.

Steps:

• Cook milk and caramels in medium saucepan on medium heat until caramels are completely melted, stirring frequently. Remove from heat. Whisk eggs in medium bowl until blended; gradually stir in caramel sauce.
• Toss bread cubes with apples in 2-qt. casserole sprayed with cooking spray. Add caramel mixture; stir gently to evenly moisten apples and bread. Refrigerate overnight.
• Heat oven to 350°F. Place casserole dish in shallow pan filled with 1-1/2 inches hot water. Bake 55 min. to 1 hour or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Melt butter in a 9x9x2 baking pan.
• Mix 1/2 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon then sprinkle over the butter.
• Take your apple slices and lay them in rows with the peel side showing and slightly overlapping the bottom of the last row.
• Sprinkle your raisins over the apple slices.
• Stir together yeast and warm water in a large bowl.
• Add in the rest of your sugar, salt and 1 cup flour.
• Beat mixture until smooth (about 2 minutes).
• Add your egg, shortening and the rest of your flour and beat until smooth.
• Drop batter by small spoonfuls over apples and raisins (careful not to mess up the apples) into your pan.
• Let it rise in a warm place until it doubles (about 50 minutes).
• Heat oven to 375 and bake for 30 to 35 minutes.
• When you take it out remove it immediately from the pan by turning it upside down onto your serving plate.

Steps:

• Combine 1 1/2 c.
• flour, yeast, sugar, salt and cinnamon; mix well.
• Heat apple juice, oil and water to 120-130 degrees F; add to flour mixture.
• Blend at low speed until moistened, then beat 3 minutes at medium speed.
• Gradually stir in remaining flour and raisins to make a firm dough.
• Knead until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes.
• Place in a greased bowl, turning to grease top.
• Cover and let rise until light and doubled, about 1 hour; punch down dough.
• On lightly floured surface, roll or pat to a 14x7 inch rectangle.
• Starting with the shorter side, roll up tightly, pressing dough into roll with each turn.
• Pinch edges and ends to seal.
• Place in greased 9x5 inch loaf pan; cover and let rise until light and doubled, about 1 hour.
• Bake at 375 for 35-40 minutes, until golden brown and loaf sounds hollow when tapped.
• Remove from pan and cool on rack.

Steps:

• Pour butter into a 9-in. square baking pan. Mix sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over butter. Arrange apple slices in pan. Sprinkle with raisins. , In a bowl, combine yeast, water, sugar, salt and 1 cup flour; beat for 1-2 minutes. Add egg, shortening and remaining flour. Beat for 1 minute. Drop dough by spoonfuls over apples. Cover and let rise in a warm place until almost doubled, about 1 hour. , Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until done. Invert pan on a serving platter.

Steps:

• Addition Prep
• You can use pre-made apple sauce, or you can peel and core two apples, and then cook and mash the pieces. If using the microwave to cook the apples, simply put small pieces in a glass bowl, cover, and cook until they're soft enough to mash. If using a saucepan, you can cook the apple pieces in the 50g of water listed under Additions, rather than adding that water in later when mixing up the Addition.
• Combine all of the ingredients in the Additions list in a small bowl, and set it aside to cool. The raisins and nuts will soak up some of the liquid.
• Dough Mixing and Bulk Fermentation
• In a large bowl, mix together the flour, water, and starter. Note the time and temperature as this is the start of bulk fermentation. Don't add the additions yet.
• Cover and let the dough rest for about 30 minutes, and then stretch and fold the dough, going around the bowl several times until the dough is tighter. Click here to see a video of stretching and folding, as well as other forms of gluten development.
• Cover and let the dough rest another 20-30 minutes, then add the Additions to the dough by folding or laminating them in (see the previous link for a lamination video as well).
• Let the dough ferment until it's puffy and close to doubled. For my dough, this was about 10.5 hours at 71F room temperature.
• Pre-shape, Bench Rest, and Shaping
• Scrape the dough out onto a floured countertop. Sprinkle flour on the top of the dough and press it into a rectangular shape about 3/4 inch thick. Fold the dough in thirds and then in half. (See the gallery below for photos.)
• Cover the dough with an inverted bowl and let it rest about 20 minutes.
• Prepare a tea towel with flour and a layer of bran flakes in a circle or oval, depending on the shape of your baking vessel and final loaf. You can also spray your banneton with oil and coat it with bran flakes, or simply flour your banneton/liner and skip the bran flake coating on the bread crust.
• Flip over your dough and shape it into a boule, batard, or oblong loaf. Shaping videos can be found here.
• Using a bench scraper, flip the shaped dough onto the tea towel (or into your prepped banneton). Then lift the towel and place it into your banneton. The base of the bread should be facing up.
• Final Proof and Baking
• Cover and proof the dough at room temperature for 1-2 hours, or in your refrigerator overnight (8-14 hours).
• Preheat your oven and baking vessel to 500F for 30 minutes.
• Gently flip the dough out of the banneton and into the bottom of your baking vessel or onto parchment paper first for an easier transfer.
• Score the top of the dough, then cover the vessel and return it to the oven.
• Bake at:
• 500F for 20 minutes lid on
• 450F for 10 minutes lid on
• 450F for 10 minutes lid off
• The internal temperature of the bread should be at least 205F when it's done.
• Remove the bread from the oven and let it cool a minimum of 2 hours before cutting.

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Combine the egg, milk and oil; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in the apple and raisins. , Coat muffin cups with cooking spray or use paper liners; fill two-thirds full with batter. For topping, in a bowl, combine the flour, oats, brown sugar and cinnamon; cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over batter. Bake at 375° for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Remove pan from bread machine and place on electronic scales and zero them.
• Pour in the water (240ml water weighs 240 grams) and weigh in the rest of the dough ingredients in order.
• Replace the pan in the bread machine and start machine on a raisin or equivalent 'speciality' setting. I prefer 'normal' crust for this.
• In small bowl weigh the raisins and dried mixed citrus peel. Add the spices and mix together.
• Into a second small bowl, peel about 1/3 of an average size eating apple (I usually have Braeburn apples handy but pretty much any apple is fine except the tasteless ones like Golden Delicious and Gala). Chop into small chunks somewhere between roughly 1/4 and 1/3 inch in size. Once in the bowl, sprinkle with another teaspoon of ground cinnamon and stir with spoon to cover the bits well (to take the moistness off the sides of apple bits so they mix in better).
• Add dried fruit & spice mix at 4 minutes before end of final kneading or at the beep if you trust your machine not to mash the fruit like mine always does. (My LG machine beeps nine minutes before end of final kneading which is far too soon - it can reduce dried fruit to the size of grains of sugar during that time!).
• If you trust your machine not to mash the apple then you could maybe add it a minute or so before kneading finishes. I don't trust mine in the slightest so here's what I do --
• Wash hands in very cold water and dry well just before the final kneading completes then --.
• -- when kneading has completed, quickly add the chopped apple and quickly mix it well by hand. (Shouldn't need to remove pan from bread machine to do this (unless it's in an awkward place! :).
• Slightly more stuff to do for this loaf than usual, but it's absolutely worth it!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Grease 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.
• Combine raisin bran cereal, milk, applesauce, eggs and vanilla. Let stand for 10 minutes.
• Stir to break up cereal. Stir in apples and walnuts.
• Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and baking soda.
• Add cereal mixture all at once to flour mixture and stir just until moistened.
• Spread evenly in prepared pan.
• Bake 60 to 65 minutes or until tester inserted in center comes out clean.
• Let cool 15 minutes before removing from pan.

Steps:

• Soak raisins in apple cider for 20 minutes.
• Strain raisins from cider setting the raisins aside.
• Place all ingredients but raisins in the bread machine pan in the order suggested by the manufacturer.
• Select Sweet setting (recommended to use light crust setting) and start machine.
• Add raisins at the last kneading.

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, mix the apples and sugar. Let stand about 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 10x15 inch baking pans.
• Stir the water into the bowl with apples. Blend eggs and margarine in a small bowl, and mix with the apples. Mix in the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Stir in the raisins and walnuts. Transfer to the prepared pans.
• Bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool slightly before turning out of pans.
• In a medium bowl, blend confectioners' sugar, hot water, and vanilla extract. Drizzle over the cakes while still warm.

Steps:

• Pour butter into a 13x9-in. baking dish. Combine bread cubes and apples; sprinkle over butter. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, sugar and vanilla. Pour over bread; let stand for 15 minutes or until bread is softened. , Bake, uncovered, at 325° for 40-45 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean., In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch, salt and water until smooth. Bring to a boil over low heat, stirring constantly. Cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in butter and vanilla. Serve with warm bread pudding.

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 375°F.
• Arrange bread in 1 layer on a large (17- by 13-inch) baking sheet and toast until pale golden, 10 to 12 minutes, then cool on baking sheet. Leave oven on.
• Meanwhile, toss apples with 3 tablespoons sugar in a bowl until coated. Cook in a dry 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderate heat, swirling skillet and turning slices over occasionally, until tender and pale golden, about 15 minutes.
• Combine bread and apples in a 2-quart soufflé or 2-inch-deep baking dish (about 8- by 12-inch oval).
• Whisk together half-and-half, eggs, and remaining 1/2 cup sugar with 1/4 teaspoon salt in a bowl, then pour mixture over bread and apples. Let soak at room temperature 15 minutes.
• Bake in a water bath until edge is set but center still trembles slightly when dish is gently shaken, 50 minutes to 1 hour for soufflé dish or 35 to 40 minutes for shallow dish. Cool pudding to warm in baking dish on a rack, about 1 hour. (Pudding will continue to set as it cools.)

Steps:

• 1. Combine 1/2 cup warm water, the yeast, and 1 tablespoon of the sugar in a small bowl. Stir until the yeast dissolves. Let it activate for 10 minutes-the mixture should look foamy.
• 2. In the large bowl of a standing mixer with the paddle attachment or with a hand-held mixer, beat the eggs at medium speed until blended. Add the oil, salt, and remaining 3/4 cup sugar. Beat until pale in color, about 4 minutes. Beat in 2/3 cup water, then add the yeast mixture. Beat in the flour 1 cup at a time.
• 3. Turn the dough onto a floured surface and knead for 2 minutes (or use the dough hook on your mixer for 1 minute at low speed). Put the dough in a lightly oiled bowl and turn to coat. Cover with plastic wrap and a kitchen towel and put in a warm corner of your kitchen to rise. I like to use my (unheated) oven with the lightbulb on. You want the dough to double in size, which takes just about an hour.
• 4. Punch down the dough, rewrap with plastic wrap and a kitchen towel, and let the dough rise for 30 minutes. It won't quite double in this time, but it will puff up.
• 5. Meanwhile, make the filling: In a small bowl, toss the apples with the raisins, lemon juice, honey, and cinnamon. Let sit for 20 minutes, then drain any liquid.
• 6. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and divide in half. Divide each half into three equal parts, for a total of six pieces. Roll out each piece to form a 12-inch strand, then pat each strand down into a flat rectangle shape. Spoon a bit of apple mixture down the center of each rectangle, then fold dough over the filling, roll into a 15-inch rope, and pinch the ends tight.
• 7. Form the loaves: Put three of the apple-filled "ropes" on each baking sheet. Braid the ropes together (fold right rope over center, then fold left rope over center, repeat). Pinch at bottom. Repeat with the other loaf. Cover the loaves with kitchen towels, and let rise for 45 minutes.
• 8. Preheat the oven to 400°F and set a rack to the middle position. Whisk the egg yolk with 1 tablespoon water and brush over the tops of the loaves. Bake for 10 minutes, then reduce the heat to 350°F and bake until the crusts are browned and the bread is puffed and light, 30 minutes more. Transfer the loaves to a rack and let cool for 30 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 11x7-inch glass baking dish. Whisk first 6 ingredients in large bowl to blend. Fold in bread, apple, and raisins. Pour batter into prepared dish. Bake pudding 30 minutes. Sprinkle with additional cinnamon. Bake pudding until top is golden and center is set, about 35 minutes longer.
• Spoon pudding into bowls. Top with vanilla ice cream and serve.