Cinnamon Swirl Bread
- 6 to 7 cups flour, all-purpose
- 2 packages yeast, active dry
- 2 cups milk
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup applesauce
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 6 each egg whites
- 1 x cinnamon sugar (1 c sugar to 4 teaspoons cinnamon)
- 1 x raisins, seedless if desired
- Mix 3 cups flour and yeast in large bowl.
- Warm milk, sugar, applesauce, salt over stove until warm to touch (115deg).
- When warm mix into flour mixture, ADD EGGS and beat at high speed for three minutes.
- Stir in as much of the remaining flour as possible.
- Turn out on floured board and knead in as much of the rest of the flour as possible to make a soft elastic dough.
- Put in greased bowl and let rise.
- Terry cloth will stick and make a mess.
- Let rise until double (about 1 1/4 hours).
- Punch down.
- Divide in half.
- Let rest 20 minutes.
- - Roll out into a15 inch X 7 inch rectangle (I used slightly larger because I have 9" loaf pans.)
- Wet surface slightly with water and sprinkle with 1/2 cinnamon mixture, make sure to get close to edges.
- Sprinkle with raisons if desired.
- Roll up like a jelly roll and tuck edges under.
- Put in sprayed loaf pan and let rise until double, about 30 to 40 minutes.
- Bake at 375 deg about 45 minutes or until done.
- (Once the bread gets nice and brown, cover with foil and cook another 15 minutes.)
- Let cool some before cutting.
flour, yeast, milk, sugar, applesauce, salt, egg whites, cinnamon sugar, raisins
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/cinnamon-swirl-bread-42915 (may not work)