Cinnamon Raisin Bread Panera Style Recipes

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add milk, 1/3 cup sugar, oil, salt and 2 cups flour. Beat until smooth. Add raisins and enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. , Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1-1/4 hours. , Punch dough down. On a lightly floured surface, divide in half. Roll each into a 15x7-in. rectangle. Combine cinnamon and remaining sugar; sprinkle over dough. Sprinkle with water. Starting with a short side, roll up tightly, jelly-roll style. Pinch seams and ends to seal. Place, seam side down, in two greased 9x5-in. loaf pans. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour. , Preheat oven to 350°. Bake 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Combine glaze ingredients; drizzle over warm loaves.

Steps:

• Warm the milk in a small saucepan until it bubbles, then remove from heat. Let cool until lukewarm.
• Dissolve yeast in warm water, and set aside until yeast is frothy. Mix in eggs, sugar, butter or margarine, salt, and raisins. Stir in cooled milk. Add the flour gradually to make a stiff dough.
• Knead dough on a lightly floured surface for a few minutes. Place in a large, greased, mixing bowl, and turn to grease the surface of the dough. Cover with a damp cloth. Allow to rise until doubled.
• Roll out on a lightly floured surface into a large rectangle 1/2 inch thick. Moisten dough with 2 tablespoons milk. Mix together 3/4 cup sugar and 2 tablespoons cinnamon, and sprinkle mixture on top of the moistened dough. Roll up tightly; the roll should be about 3 inches in diameter. Cut into thirds, and tuck under ends. Place loaves into well greased 9 x 5 inch pans. Lightly grease tops of loaves. Let rise again for 1 hour.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 minutes, or until loaves are lightly browned and sound hollow when knocked. Remove loaves from pans, and brush with melted butter or margarine. Let cool before slicing.

Steps:

• 1. For the starter: in a regular medium bowl, add the first three ingredients, whisk until only small lumps. Cover and let stand for 30 minutes. If desired, this part can be done the day before. Let sit on counter for an hour or two at most and then put in the refrigerator overnight to develop flavor.
• 2. For the dough: In the stand mixer bowl, using the bread hook, add the remainder of the ingredients (except the cinnamon chips), add ALL of the starter. Mix until the dough has nearly cleaned the sides of the bowl.
• 3. Add the cinnamon chips and mix again until dough is well formed.
• 4. While dough is mixing, coat two med-large bowls with Pam or other cooking spray. Set aside. You can knead the dough by hand more if you choose but if you used a stand mixer, it's not necessary.
• 5. Pinch dough into two fairly equal parts. Form into balls, creating smooth top and pinching the bottom seams a little. Place in bowls. Cover with a warm-hot damp towel and another dry one. Let rise 30 minutes.
• 6. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. For the 2nd rise, coat two large loaf pans with Pam or other cooking spray. Turn the first bowl out into your hand. Gently fold under, keeping the smooth part on top and place seam side down in loaf pan. Do not punch down, just fold into an oval. Repeat with 2nd loaf. Refresh the damp hot towel and cover with that and the dry one again. Let rise 30 minutes.
• 7. With a sharp knife, cut two diagonal slashes in the top. Spray with water and bake @ 400 degrees for 30 minutes. Remove from oven, brush on butter until top is shiny. Let cool about 10 minutes and remove to towel or baking rack, on it's side. If using a towel, flip sides (so bottom does not get soggy) every 10-15 minutes until cool.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*.
• Brush a 2 quart casserole dish or 6 ramekins with melted butter or spray with cooking spray.
• Combine raisins and orange juice in a bowl and allow to soak for 15 minute
• Place raisin bread cubes in a large bowl. Add melted butter and toss to coat.
• Spread buttered bread cubes on a cookie sheet and bake until golden brown. Allow to cool.
• Evenly distribute cooled bread cubes in the casserole dish or ramekins.
• Top bread cubes with soaked raisins so they are evenly distributed.
• In a medium bowl, whisk milk, eggs, sugar, salt and vanilla, stirring until sugar is completely dissolved and mixture is smooth.
• Pour mixture over bread cubes and refridgerate at least 15 minute
• Place in oven. If using ramekins, place on cookie sheet first. Bake until center is set, approximately 45 min for casserole or 30 min for ramekins.
• Remove from oven and cool 15 min before serving.

Steps:

• Make the dough: In a large electric mixer bowl, dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup warm milk. Add the remaining warm milk, the sugar, the salt, the butter and the eggs. Add 5 cups flour and mix with paddle attachment until smooth, about 2 minutes. Switch to hook attachment and knead on low speed, adding more flour if necessary until dough is stiff and slightly tacky, about 10 minutes.
• Grease a large bowl with butter and turn dough out into the bowl. Flip dough over so greased side is up, cover with plastic wrap or a kitchen towel and set in a warm, draft-free spot until doubled in size, about 11/2 to 2 hours. Generously butter two 9-x-5 loaf pans.
• Meanwhile, make the filling: In a small pot, bring sherry to a low boil and simmer until reduced by half, about 8 to 10 minutes. Add raisins, cover and let sit until needed for filling.
• When dough has doubled in size, turn dough out onto floured surface and knead for 3 minutes. Return to greased bowl, cover and let rise again for 30 minutes.
• Press down dough with your hand to expel the air. Divide dough in half and roll one half into a 16-x-8-inch rectangle. Brush with some of the melted butter. Drain raisins and mix with sugar and cinnamon; scatter half of the mixture over the dough and, starting with the shorter side, roll up tightly into an 8-inch log, tucking the ends under. Place roll seam-side down in a loaf pan and brush top with melted butter; dust with cinnamon sugar if desired. Repeat with second dough half.
• Cover and let rise until dough is just above the tops of pans, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, heat oven to 400 degrees. Bake bread for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake for an additional 20 to 30 minutes, or until loaves sound hollow when tapped, the tops are brown and the internal temperatures are 200 degrees. Remove loaves from pans and let cool on wire racks.