Oatmeal Raisin American Loaf Bread

Name: Oatmeal Raisin American Loaf Bread
Yield: Makes one 9-inch loaf
Ingredients: 3/4 cup, water; 3/4 cup, rolled oats; 2 3/4 cups, bread flour, plus extra for work surface; 2 teaspoons, table salt; 1 cup, milk, warm (110 degrees); 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted; 3 tablespoons, honey; 1 package, rapid-rise yeast (also called instant yeast); 3/4 cup, raisins; 1 tablespoon, bread flour for dusting raisins

Desserts or Baked Goods
Breads

Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 1996

Now you can make full-flavored American bread in just two hours and without any hand kneading.

SERVES Makes one 9-inch loaf

TIME 1½ hours, plus 1 hour rising and 2 hours cooling

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