Cinnamon Raisin Bread

Cinnamon Raisin Bread
I have been getting into baking bread recently (without the use of a bread making machine). I love Dove’s Farm Malthouse Flour, and often make bread by adding rosemary, sundried tomatoes or other flavours. I have some cream cheese that needs using up, so decided to make cinnamon and raisin bread (I love anything to do with cinnamon!). So here goes:

Cinnamon and Raisin Bread
In a bowl I put 200g Malthouse flour, 1 level tsp yeast, pinch of salt, pinch of sugar, and some cinnamon. I mixed it all together then slowly added around 150ml warm water (I add a bit, mix it in, add more if it needs it and so on).
While the dough was still “craggy” I put it on the board and kneaded it for ages. Then I left it to rise covered with a tea towel. Meanwhile I put about 30g raisins in a bowl and poured on warm water (to plump them up) and also sprinkled some cinnamon in there for good luck. You can never have too much cinnamon.
Once the dough had risen (about an hour or so) I kneaded in the drained raisins. I added a little more flour as the raisins made it go a bit soft. Then I left it to rise once more while the oven warmed up.
It baked in an oven (around 200C) for 25 minutes, making the whole house smell amazing.
Once cooled I sliced it and spread with cream cheese. It tastes similar to a bagel- yum.