Sourdough Cinnamon Raisin Swirl Bread Food

SOURDOUGH CINNAMON-RAISIN SWIRL BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl combine all the ingredients--starter, flour, water, soaked and drained raisins, salt and maple syrup. Use a dough whisk, spatula or your hands to combine the ingredients. Turn it out on a lightly-floured surface and knead or use a bench scraper to smooth the dough as much as possible using a kneading motion (using your hands) or by scooping the dough from the bottom and folding it over itself (using a bench scraper). Lightly coat in oil the surface of the bowl you used to mix the ingredients and return the dough to the bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and let sit for one hour (autolyse)
• After the one hour autolyse, wet one of your hands (helps to prevent sticking), take one piece of the dough, stretch until the point of resistance then fold it over itself. Repeat this three to four times. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap again and wait 30 minutes for the next stretch and fold. Stretch and fold three times every thirty minutes over the course of one hour and a half. With each stretch and fold you will notice gluten development in the dough.
• After the stretch and fold session allow the dough to continue to proof until it's ready for shaping. In a warmer kitchen (about 75ºF when I baked this loaf) the remaining proof time after stretch and fold will be roughly one to two hours (with a healthy, robust starter). One way to check for readiness is the finger-dent test. Dip your finger in flour and poke the dough. If the dough is slow to spring back or doesn't spring back completely, it's ready for shaping. [A cooler kitchen (in the mid-60s to low 70s) will require a little longer proof time. If you start this process in early evening and you have a cool kitchen you can leave your dough overnight. You can also store it in the refrigerator overnight to slow the fermentation and continue with shaping the following morning.]
• After bulk fermentation carefully turn the dough out on a lightly-floured surface. As you coax the dough out of the bowl the top surface will become the bottom once it's turned out on the work surface. You'll want to de-gas the dough a little and stretch it to a rectangle shape but rather than using a rolling pin take two edges of the dough and gently pull them apart without tearing the gluten strands. Pull taking two edges at a time until you have roughly a rectangle shape or large square. Sprinkle the cinnamon-sugar mixture over the entire top surface of the dough. Next, fold the wide part of the dough in thirds by taking one side and folding it two thirds of the way over then taking the other side and folding it over the already-folded side. Then roll the dough starting with one of the ends until you have a log. Pinch the seams. Spray a loaf pan with cooking spray or rub with oil and transfer the rolled dough seam side down. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to proof for one more hour. You should see a visible rise to the dough during this time.
• Preheat your oven to 425ºF. Make one slash along the length of the dough, off the side a little) then put it in the oven. Bake for 10 minutes then reduce the temperature to 400ºF. Bake for another 30-40 minutes or until the loaf is golden brown or the loaf registers 180ºF in the center. Transfer to a wire rack and cool then enjoy as is or toasted.

SOURDOUGH CINNAMON RAISIN BREAD

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except the salt in a large mixing bowl until a slightly dry, shaggy dough is formed. The dough will become smoother as it kneads and the butter is incorporated, so don't add any additional liquid yet. Cover with a clean tea towel and allow to rest at room temperature about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, subermerge the raisins in warm water and set aside to soak.
• Add the salt and knead the dough by hand, stand mixer, or bread machine, until a smooth and soft dough forms. (See notes for bread machine instructions.) If the dough seems very dry and looks crumbly or is not forming a ball, add a tablespoon or so more of milk. If it seems too wet and it sticking to the sides of the bowl or bread machine bucket, add more flour a tablespoon at a time.
• Knead for about ten minutes untl the dough reaches the windowpane stage, meaning that when a golf-ball sized piece of dough is stretched out, translucent areas appear. Add the raisins and knead for another minute.
• Place the dough into a clean, lightly-oiled bowl, cover with a damp tea towel, and place in a warm place to rise until nearly doubled. in size, about 3-4 hours. (The time for this can vary depending on the strength of your starter and the warmth of your home.)
• Stretch the dough into a long rectangle, with the short side of the rectangle as long as the short side of the loaf pan. The longer your rectangle, the more swirls you will have. Mix up the cinnamon sugar and sprinkle onto the dough, leaving a 1 inch border in all directions. Fold in the top corners, or "shoulders", of the rectangle, then keep rolling tightly to form a log. Pinch all seams shut and place the loaf seam side down into a greased loaf pan.
• Cover with heavily greased plastic wrap and allow to rise again in a warm place for about 3 hours, until the loaf is one inch above the top of the loaf pan. Towards the end of the rising time, preheat the oven to 350 degrees with the rack in the center. Brush the top of the loaf with the beaten egg.
• Remove the plastic wrap and bake for 40-50 minutes until the loaf is deep golden brown and the internal temperature is 200 degrees. Remove from the pan and allow to cool completely before slicing. Will stay fresh at room temperature a few days, or frozen for up to 2 months.

SOURDOUGH CINNAMON BREAD WITH RAISINS

Steps:

• Begin with a very active recently fed starter. It should pass the float test.
• Set a large bowl on a digital food scale set to grams and press the tare button. The scale should read zero.
• Pour in the water to weight of 650 g. Press tare.
• Pour in 300 grams of starter. Press tare. The starter should form a floating mass on the water.
• Add the oil. Press tare
• Add the honey. Press tare.
• Whisk together the starter, oil, honey and water until they are mixed.
• Add the 1000 grams of flour.
• Mix the flour into the water/starter with a dough hook, spatula and your wet hands until you have a shaggy ball of dough.
• autolyse 1 hour.
• Sprinkle salt across dough.
• spritz with water bottle and work in the salt with wet hands.
• Rest 30 mins
• PREPARE RAISINS: Put the raisins in water and set aside. They will plump as they absorb water for a better finished baking result.
• Begin Stretch and Folds. You need 4 rounds of stretch and folds 30 mins apart. See video for technique.
• BEFORE the second stretch and fold cut the dough in half if you only want ONE loaf for cinnamon raisin bread. The other make as plain.
• Incorporate the plumped raisins into the dough in the second and third stretch and folds. Half in one then half in the other.
• Fourth stretch and fold all the raisin will be blended evenly throughout the dough.
• Refrigerate overnight.
• Remove from fridge and warm to room temperature. (ABOUT TWO HOURS)
• ( If you have not yet divided the dough for loaves) Divide the dough into two equal dough balls by weight.
• Bench rest an hour until dough is elastic.
• De-gass dough with rolling pin and shape for pans as shown in post.
• Spray the dough with water and evenly sprinkle with Half the cinnamon sugar.
• Fold the outside edges of the dough to the center and close the seam. Sprinkle remaining cinnamon sugar on the top.
• Fold the FRONT corners of the rectangle to the center seam.
• Roll the dough up tucking it as you roll to keep the roll tight.
• Flatten the seam and pinch the ends.
• Place the formed dough loaf into your oiled bread pans.
• let dough do a final rise in bread pans covered loosely with plastic until they reach the top of the loaf pans.
• Do an egg wash(optional) on top of the dough before baking.
• Score the dough with a sharp wet blade. Make one deep slash down the length of the loaf for best rise.
• Preheat oven with a pizza stone(or baking sheet) and broiler pan on oven shelf below at 400°.
• Loaf pans go on top of a sheet pan onto the stone(If you have one).
• Spritz loaves very liberally with water bottle just before going into oven.
• Pour water about 1/2 inch deep in the broiler pan. This creates steam.
• Keep steamy for first 15 mins. Spray hot oven with water as you begin baking the loaves.
• After 15 mins turn oven down to 375°.
• Bake an additional 30-35 mins.
• Turn loaves for even browning.
• Using a digital thermometer check internal Temp of loaf. It is done at 200°. If you don't have a thermometer pop loaves out to test for hollow on bottom. Or thump the loaf. Does is have a hollow sound?
• Remove from oven and cool on racks to room temperature before cutting the bread.

SOURDOUGH CINNAMON RAISIN BREAD

Steps:

• Place sourdough starter, egg, 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons margarine, flour, raisins, 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons sugar, and salt in a bread machine in that order. Run Dough cycle. Remove dough from the machine after the cycle is done, about 90 minutes.
• Place dough in a lightly greased bowl and cover with a towel. Place in a draft-free place to rise until doubled, 8 hours to overnight.
• Mix sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl.
• Turn dough out on a floured surface. Roll into a 9-inch wide rectangle about 1/2-inch thick. Brush milk over dough; sprinkle cinnamon-sugar on top. Roll dough up tightly into a log and place in a greased 9x5-inch loaf pan. Let rise until at least 1 inch above the rim of the pan, about 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bake loaf in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 45 minutes.

SOURDOUGH CINNAMON RAISIN SWIRL BREAD

Steps:

• Starter/Levain Build
• Mix the starter, flour, and water in a jar. Mark the level with a rubber band and let ripen overnight. Use cold water and/or a higher feeding ratio in summertime so the levain doesn't finish all the food before morning.
• Final Dough Mixing and Bulk Fermentation
• Measure out the raisins and soak them in water while the dough rises.
• Mix the flours, water, levain, brown sugar, oil, salt, and 1 tsp of the cinnamon in a medium bowl. Cover and let rest 30 minutes.
• Do one round of stretching and folding, or another form of gluten development.
• Let the dough rise at room temperature until it has just about doubled in size. This can take anywhere from 4 to 10 hours depending on your starter strength and room/dough temperature. My dough needed 6.5 hours in a cool kitchen.
• Shaping and Final Proof
• Drain the raisins, lightly flour your work surface, and grease your loaf pan.
• Remove the dough from the bowl, and stretch and pat it out into a rectangle approx. 7" x 12". Sprinkle the remaining 3 tsp of cinnamon on the dough, and then add the drained raisins in a layer on top of the cinnamon.
• From a shorter edge, roll the dough into a tube and place it in your pan, seam-side down.
• Cover and proof the dough for 2-4 hours. You can also retard the dough overnight or longer, but make sure it has risen in the pan some at room temperature before refrigerating it. The dough is ready to bake when it has doubled or its highest part crests about a half-inch over the lip of a 9" x 5" x 2.75" pan.
• Baking
• Preheat your oven to 375°F for about 15 minutes with your oven rack in the second-from-the-bottom position.
• Brush the dough with water and load it into the oven.
• Bake for about 60 minutes or until the interior of the loaf is over 190F. Cover with foil if the top starts to brown too much.
• When the bread has finished baking, brush the top with oil or butter to keep it soft, and let it cool on a rack on one side to discourage settling of the crumb.
• You can store this bread in a plastic bag, beeswax wrap, or linen bag.

CINNAMON SWIRL RAISIN BREAD - FOR BREAD MACHINE

Steps:

• Put milk and egg into measuring cup.
• Add enough tepid water to make 1 cup.
• Pour into bread machine pan.
• Add the softened butter, 1/3 cup sugar, salt, bread flour and yeast.
• Set bread machine to dough cycle.
• Add raisins at the beep.
• Remove the dough at the end of the dough cycle.
• Roll dough to 10x12 rectangle.
• Brush egg white on surface of dough.
• Brush with melted butter.
• Combine cinnamon and sugar.
• Sprinkle over dough; leaving about 1 inch on each edge.
• Roll from short side.
• Pinch where it meets and roll ends under.
• Place in loaf pan.
• Cover with cloth and let rise for about an hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Once the dough has risen, brush top with egg white and sprinkle with 1 1/2 teaspoon sugar.
• Bake at 350 for about 35 minutes.

SOURDOUGH CINNAMON SWIRL BREAD

Steps:

• Put ingredients into bread machine in the order in which they are listed.
• Run through the dough cycle but remove dough before it rests to rise.
• Roll out dough on lightly floured surface into a rectangle.
• Spread with softened or melted butter and sprinkle with sugar and a very generous amount of cinnamon.
• Roll up tightly, as for cinnamon rolls.
• Moisten edge with water and seal.
• Place in greased pan (s), cover and let rise until double.
• Be patient, as rising time is totally dependent on your starter and how active it is.
• Uncover and bake at 350 degrees F for 25 to 30 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Brush tops with butter.
• Remove from pan and cool on rack.
• Note: You can make this into one large loaf, or several mini loaves.