Old Fashioned Homemade Bread from Grandma's Kitchen

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The Aroma of Fresh Baked Bread Remains in Your Memory Forever

Everyone who remembers the enticing smell of fresh baked bread longs to experience the pleasure again. Combine that with the aroma of freshly brewed coffee, and your house will be filled with warm hospitality.

You have an incredibly aromatic treat waiting for you when you bake my free Old Fashioned Raisin Bread.

Made from Scratch - Old Fashioned Raisin Bread 

My most requested bread recipe

Old Fashioned Raisin Bread
from Barbara Vance (gramabarb)

Scald 1 cup milk Stir into the hot milk 2/3 cups butter; ½ cup sugar; 2 teaspoons salt; ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg. Cool this mixture until lukewarm. Put ½ cup lukewarm water in a BIG bowl. Stir in 2 teaspoons sugar. Sprinkle 2 Tablspoons yeast (or follow directions of the new yeast that is available in your area) Let it stand until the yeast has become bubbly. Now add the lukewarm (make sure if has cooled to lukewarm) milk mixture. Add 3 well beaten eggs and 4 cups unbleached white flour. Beat until the dough is smooth. Beat in 2 cups raisins that have been plumped (how to plump raisins: in a separate bowl pour boiling water to cover the raisins and let sit until cool then drain well). Work in enough flour to make a soft dough which leaves sides of bowl. (not sticky anymore) which will be about 3 cups of unbleached flour. Turn out on floured board/counter. Round up into a ball.
Proceed like regular bread:
KNEAD dough, adding a little more flour as necessary, until dough is smooth, elastic and no longer sticky (about 10 minutes).
PLACE in lightly greased bowl. Turn dough to greased top. Cover with greased waxed paper and tea towel. I use a little oil on top to keep dry spots from forming.
LET RISE in warm place (75°-85°F/24°-29°C) until doubled (45-60 minutes).
PUNCH DOWN. Turn out onto lightly floured board and divide into 2 (or 3 - as it depends on the size of your loaf pans) equal portions. Cover and let rest for 10 minutes.
SHAPE each portion into a loaf. Place seam side down in 2 greased 8 1/2" x 4 1/2" x 2 3/4" (1.5 L) loaf pans. Cover with tea towel.
LET RISE in warm place until dough rises 1 1/2" (3 cm) above top of pan in centre and corners are filled (45 to 60 minutes).
BAKE at 350°F on lower oven rack for 40 to 45minutes. Remove from pans immediately. Brush top crust with butter if a soft crust is desired. Cool on wire racks.

A TIP:I always tap the top of my baked bread before removing it from the oven to make sure it has baked properly - if your tap sounds like the bread is hollow - then your bread is done.
ENJOY: Go ahead and cut yourself a fresh warm slice and butter it so the butter melts into the bread as you are eating it. It's a treat you deserve for all your work.

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First, each recipe has mixing directions for using a stand mixer, a food processor, a bread machine, or by hand. Since I have each of these and have even mixed bread the old fashioned way with my hands, I like having all these options available.

Second, the recipes are more down to earth than many of the exotic bread machine cookbooks. They are more healthy and wholesome.

More Old Family Recipes 

My Grandmother Peterson's kitchen was well known for it's sweet aroma of skorpa' and fresh brewed coffee.

This featured lens includes Rusks (Swedish - Skorpa) - the Recipe and the Memory of my Grandmother - her Rusks were made from her recipe of homemade Cardamom Bread

Homemade Oat Bread 

Eating oats in your diet provides a wide range of important health benefits.

Very Good Homemade Oat Bread
from Grama Barb

(note: please follow yeast instructions for bread on the package purchased in your area)
Pour 2 cups hot mild over 3 cups of Rolled Oats. Add - ¼ cup of Blackstrap Molasses, ½ cup margarine, 2 1/2 teaspoons salt, 3 Tablespoons sugar. Mix.
Add to hot mixture: 1 cup cold water; Stir in 1 cup unbleached flour; 2 eggs and yeast (yeast as prepared as package instructions directed) Slowly add more flour - up to 6 to 7 cups until dough is no longer sticky but has become elastic and fairly smooth.

Proceed as for regular bread:
KNEAD dough, adding a little more flour as necessary, until dough is smooth, elastic and no longer sticky (about 10 minutes).
PLACE in lightly greased bowl. Turn dough to greased top. Cover with greased waxed paper and tea towel. I use a little oil on top to keep dry spots from forming.
LET RISE in warm place (75°-85°F/24°-29°C) until doubled (45-60 minutes).
PUNCH DOWN. Turn out onto lightly floured board and divide into 2 (or 3 - as it depends on the size of your loaf pans) equal portions. Cover and let rest for 10 minutes.
SHAPE each portion into a loaf. Place seam side down in 2 greased 8 1/2" x 4 1/2" x 2 3/4" (1.5 L) loaf pans. Cover with tea towel.
LET RISE in warm place until dough rises 1 1/2" (3 cm) above top of pan in centre and corners are filled (45 to 60 minutes).
BAKE at 350°F on lower oven rack for 40 to 45minutes. Remove from pans immediately. Brush top crust with butter if a soft crust is desired. Cool on wire racks.

Tip: I always tap the top of my baked bread before removing it from the oven to make sure it has baked properly - if your tap sounds like the bread is hollow - then your bread is done. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Facts about Bread
Bread is one of the oldest prepared foods in one form or another, has been one of the principal forms of food for man from earliest times. It is one of the few things in the world that has remained as an important part of our lives throughout history. It is a staple part of a healthy eating pattern as it is low in fat and one of the best sources of fibre, both leavened and unleavened, is mentioned in the Bible many times.

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