Raisin Bread

By Mrs_imUnLawson

Ingredients

• 1 cup warm water (100° to 110°F)*
• 2 envelopes FLEISCHMANN'S Active Dry Yeast
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 5 to 5 -1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 large eggs
• 1/3 cup cooked mashed potatoes, at room temperature**
• 2 cups raisins

Details

Servings 2

Preparation

Step 1

Place 1/2 cup warm water in large warm bowl. Sprinkle in yeast; stir until dissolved. Add remaining water, sugar, salt, butter, and 2 cups flour; blend well. Stir in eggs, mashed potatoes, raisins, and enough remaining flour to make soft dough. Knead on lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 6 to 8 minutes. Place in greased bowl, turning to grease top. Cover; let rise in warm, draft-free place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.

Punch dough down. Remove dough to lightly floured surface; divide in half. Roll each half to 12 x 7-inch rectangle. Beginning at short end of each, roll up tightly as for jelly roll. Pinch seams and ends to seal. Place, seam sides down, in 2 greased 8 -1/2 x 4-1/2-inch loaf pans. Cover; let rise in warm, draft-free place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.

Bake at 350°F for 35 minutes or until done. Remove from pans; let cool on wire racks.

*Use tap water or water reserved from boiling potatoes.

**To use instant potatoes: Stir together 1/3 cup boiling water and 1/4 cup instant potato flakes or buds. Let cool to room temperature.

Nutritional Information:
Per serving:
Serving size: 1 slice (1 /24 of recipe)
calories 198; total fat 5g; saturated fat 3g; cholesterol 28mg; sodium 129mg; total carbohydrate 35g; dietary fiber 1g; protein 4g.