Saffron and Golden Raisin Breakfast Bread
Put your bread machine to work mixing this dough. We liked the bread best sliced and toasted
Equipment
- bread machine
Ingredients
Makes 1 Loaf
Prep: 7 min., Stand: 5 min., Rise: 1 hr., Bake: 32 min.
- ¼ teaspoon saffron threads
- 2 teaspoons warm water
- 3 egg yolks divided
- ¾ cup warm water 75° to 85°
- 2 tablespoons butter softened
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 12-ounce package bread machine country white bread mix
- ½ cup golden raisins
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
- 1 tablespoon water
- Turbinado sugar
Instructions
- Combine saffron and 2 teaspoons water in a small bowl; let stand 5 minutes.
- Place saffron mixture, 2 egg yolks, ¾ cup warm water, and next 5 ingredients, including yeast packet from bread mix, in a bread machine.
- Set bread machine to “dough” setting according to maufacturer’s instructions; start machine.
- When dough cycle is complete, turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead several times.
- Form dough into a loaf, and place in a greased 9- x 5-inch loaf pan.
- Let dough rise in a warm place (85°), free from drafts, for 1 hour or until doubled in bulk.
- Combine remaining egg yolk with 1 tablespoon water.
- Brush tops of loaves with egg wash, and sprinkle with turbinado sugar.
- Bake at 350° for 32 minutes or until golden.
- Remove from pan, and cool completely on a wire rack.
Notes / Tips / Wine Advice:
For testing purposes only, we used Fleischmann’s Bread Machine Country White Bread Mix.