Raisin Breakfast Bread (cramique)

Total Time: 2 hrs 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour (do not pack it down in the measuring cup)
• 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
• 1/2 cup milk, warm (110 degrees f)
• 2 egg yolks, large
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, very soft (2 ounces)
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup dark raisin

Recipe

• 1 place 1 1/2 cups flour in the bowl of your mixer.
• 2 in a medium bowl, whisk togathere the yeast and th milk, then whisk in the egg yolks.
• 3 stir the egg mixture into the flour.
• 4 using the paddle, mix on the lowest speed for 2 minutes; stop the mixer and allow the dough to rest for tene minutes.
• 5 add the butter, sugar and salt to the bowl along with the remaining 1/2 cup of flour and mix on the lowest speed until combined; then mix on medium speed until the dough is smooth and elastic, about another 3 - 4 minutes.
• 6 beat in the raisins on the lowest speed (if necessary, plump the raisins in hot water to soften, drain, pat dry and add).
• 7 scrape the dough into a buttereed bowl and turn the dough over so that the top is buttered.
• 8 cover with plastic wrap and allow to rise til doubled, about an hour.
• 9 meanwhile butter a loaf pan and line the bottom with parchment.
• 10 after the dough is risen, scrape it onto a floured board.
• 11 press the dough into a rectangle brush off any excess flour; stretch th dough into a rectangle and then fold like a business letter about the length of your loaf pan.
• 12 tuck in the ends and lay the loaf in the pan, seam side down.
• 13 butter a piece of plastic wrap and cover the bread with it (buttered side down) and allow the loaf to rise til doubled, about an hour.
• 14 preheat the oven to 400 degrees f.
• 15 when the loaf has completely risen, place on a rack in the middle of the oven and bake until the bread is a deep golden color and reaches an internal temperature of 200 degrees f., about 30 minutes.
• 16 unmold onto a rack and cool on its side.
• 17 eat it then or wrap and freeze.