Best Raisin Loaf Recipes

RAISIN LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.
• Place butter, sugar, and 1 egg in large bowl. Beat well. Beat in second egg. Stir in milk and vanilla.
• In another bowl measure in flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir in raisins. Pour all at once into batter. Stir to moisten only. Spoon into greased loaf pan.
• Bake in 350 degree F (175 degree C) oven for 1 hour or until it tests done. Cool 10 minutes. Turn out of pan. Cool on rack. Wrap to store. Allow to ripen a day or two to improve flavor. Serve buttered.

RAISIN BRAN LOAF (BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• Measure ingredients into baking pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer.
• Insert pan into the oven chamber.
• Select Whole Wheat Cycle.
• When the baking cycle ends, immediately remove the bread from the pan and place it on a rack.
• Let cool to room temperature before slicing.

APRICOT RAISIN LOAF

Steps:

• Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir in apricots, raisins, nuts, and rind.
• In a large bowl, beat together butter or margarine, sugar, and 1 egg until smooth. Beat in second egg. Blend in orange juice. Pour in flour mixture all at once, and stir just to moisten. Scrape into greased 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour, or until it tests done. Let stand 10 minutes, and then remove loaf from pan.
• Stir apricot jam and water together, and heat. Put through strainer. Spoon glaze over hot loaf. Cool on wire rack.

WALNUT RAISIN LOAF (BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• Measure all ingredients except raisins and walnuts into baking pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer.
• Insert pan into the oven.
• Select Sweet Cycle.
• Add raisins and walnuts at the "add ingredient" signal.
• When the baking cycle ends, immediately remove the bread from the pan and place it on a wire rack.
• Let cool to room temperature before slicing.

RICH RAISIN AND CRANBERRY LOAF (BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• 1. OPTIONAL: I like to soak raisins/cranberries in hot water until soft. This will make them plumper and softer and keep fruit on outside of loaf from burning. If you prefer not to do this, mix dried fruit w/ pinch of flour and toss. This will keep fruit from sticking together.
• 2. Place ingredients, in order listed, in bread pan. Select loaf size (2 LB) and crust preference. I use a light setting for a tender loaf. Choose sweet bread program and start bread maker.
• 3. Add fruit when mix-in tone sounds or when appropriate for your maker. When cycle is complete, remove bread from pan to wire rack to cool completely prior to slicing. Take a whiff of that heavenly yeasty cinnamon fragrance and ENJOY!

APPLESAUCE RAISIN LOAF

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• 2. grease loaf pan
• 3. combine applesauce and baking soda in small bowl--set side.(this mixture sizzles and foams)
• 4. cream butter and sugar in large bowl
• 5. stir in egg, cinnamon, salt and cloves
• 6. blend in applesauce mix (this will appear to be curdled).
• 7. mix in flour slowly until mix is smooth.
• 8. fold in raisins and pour into greased pan
• 9. bake 65-70 minutes. Cool in pan for 10 munutes then invert onto cooling rack.

RUM RAISIN LOAF (BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• Measure all ingredients except raisins into baking pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer.
• Insert pan into the oven chamber.
• Select Sweet Cycle.
• Add raisins at the "add ingredient" signal.
• When the baking cycle ends, immediately remove the bread from the pan and place it on a wire rack.
• Let cool to room temperature before slicing.

APPLE-RAISIN MEAT LOAF

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine first 10 ingredients. Add ground beef; mix well. Pat mixture into a 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 1-1/4 hours or until no pink remains. Drain. Let stand at room temperature for 5 minutes before serving.

CHERRY AND RAISIN LOAF

Steps:

• Place the milk, butter, brown sugar, egg, salt, cinnamon, yeast and bread flour into the pan of a bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select the white bread cycle. About 5 minutes before the end of the mixing process, add the raisins and cherries. If your bread machine has a fruit setting, use that.

RAISIN SPICE LOAF CAKE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, mix together margarine, brown sugar, cinnamon, cloves, salt, raisins and water.
• Bring to a boil and boil gently for 5 minutes.
• Let cool to room temperature.
• To this cooled mixture, add flour, soda. Mix well.
• Place in a tube pan and bake at 350oF for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Alternatively place in individual loaf pans and reduce cooking time accordingly.

APPLE NUT RAISIN LOAF

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9×5-inch loaf pan. (Can use the non-stick spray with flour added in)
• 2. Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together in a bowl.
• 3. Mix chopped apple, nuts and raisins together in another bowl.
• 4. Beat white sugar and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, until incorporated; add vanilla extract.
• 5. Combine flour and baking powder together in a bowl; stir into creamed butter mixture.
• 6. Mix milk into batter until smooth. Pour half the batter into the prepared loaf pan; add half the apple/nut/raisin mixture and half the brown sugar mixture. Lightly pat apple mixture into batter.
• 7. Pour the remaining batter over apple mixture layer; top with remaining apple mixture and brown sugar mixture. Lightly pat apples into batter; swirl brown sugar mixture through apples using a finger or spoon.
• 8. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean, 35 to 45 minutes.

COFFEE RAISIN LOAF (BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• Measure all ingredients except raisins into baking pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer.
• Insert pan into the oven chamber.
• Select Sweet Cycle.
• Add the raisins at the "add ingredient" signal.
• When the baking cycle ends, immediately remove the bread from the pan and place it on a wire rack.
• Let cool to room temperature before slicing.

MOIST CARROT AND RAISIN WALNUT LOAF

Steps:

• Grease a loaf tin and line the base.
• Cream butter, sugar and vanilla.
• Beat in golden syrup.
• Add eggs one at a time; beat until well combined.
• Stir in carrot, raisins and walnuts.
• (Don't worry if the mixture looks curdled; it will come out right when the flour is added.)
• Stir in sifted dry ingredients; stir until combined.
• Pour mixture into prepared pan.
• Bake in moderate oven about 1-1/4 hours.
• Let stand about 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack.

PUMPKIN RAISIN LOAF

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar.
• Beat in eggs.
• Whisk together--pumpkin, orange rind and juice.
• Measure dry ingredients.
• Mix together.
• Spoon batter in a 8 x 8 pan.
• Bake at 350 for 50 minutes.
• Let stand 5 minutes then apply topping. Brush butter over top of cake and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.

RAISIN GINGERBREAD LOAF WITH GINGER ICING

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350, butter and flour 9 in sq baking pan.
• To make gingerbread, in a large bowl, combine the brown sugar, molasses, boiling water and butter.
• Blend by hand or electric mixer set on low.
• While the mixture is still hot, add the baking soda, egg and raisins.
• In a small bowl.
• re sift the flour with the cinnamon, ginger and cloves.
• Stir into the molasses mixture.
• Add the candied ginger and mix well without incorporating too many bubbles.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 35-40 minutes.
• Cool completely.
• To make icing, in a small bowl, beat together the butter and cream cheese until smooth.
• Add then the sugar and beat until smooth.
• Mix in the vanilla and candied ginger.
• Chill briefly before frosting the gingerbread.

CARROT AND RAISIN LOAF

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350F Grease a 8x4x2 inch loaf pan.
• 2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg.
• 3. In a large mixing bowl, mix together oil, sugar, eggs, applesauce and vanilla.
• 4. Stir in carrots and raisins (if using).
• 5. Gently but thoroughly stir in flour mixture just until blended.
• 6. Spoon into prepared pan and bake about 50-60 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the loaf comes out clean
• 7. Cool on a rack for about 10 minutes and then remove from pan and cool completely

ROOT BEER RAISIN MEAT LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a baking dish.
• Mix ground beef with onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and black pepper in a bowl; form mixture into a loaf and place into prepared baking dish.
• Bring root beer, raisins, Worcestershire sauce, and ketchup to a boil in a saucepan; reduce heat and simmer until flavors have blended and raisins are plump, about 5 minutes. Pour raisin sauce over meat loaf.
• Bake in the preheated oven until meat loaf is no longer pink inside and an instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the center of the loaf reads at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C), 25 to 30 minutes.

WHOLE WHEAT RAISIN LOAF

Steps:

• Combine 2 cups of all-purpose flour (spooning lightly to measure) the sugar, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and yeast in a large bowl.
• Heat milk, water and oil in a medium size sauce pan until very warm (120 to 130-degrees).
• Pour into dry ingredients.
• Beat mixture with electric mixer on medium speed 4 minutes or until well blended.
• Add whole wheat flour, oats and raisins; beat with a wooden spoon until blended.
• Beat in enough of the remaining white flour to make a soft dough.
• Turn dough out onto a light floured surface.
• Kneed until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes, using only enough of the remaining white flour to keep the dough from sticking.
• Place dough into a large buttered bowl; turn to bring buttered side up and cover with a cloth.
• Let rise in a warm place, away from drafts, until double in volume, about one hour.
• Grease two loaf pans.
• Punch down dough; divide in half; shape into loaves.
• Place loaves in pans; brush tops with melted butter.
• Cover and let rise in a warm place until double, about 30 minutes.
• Bake at 375-degrees for 40 minutes and loaves sound hallow when tapped with fingers.
• Remove from pans to wire rack and brush with butter.
• Let cool.

BANANA-RAISIN NUT COFFEE LOAF

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease two 8 x 4-inch loaf pans.
• In a bowl beat melted butter with brown sugar for 2 minutes (or until no sugar granules remain).
• Add in eggs, vanilla, almond extract and the rind from 1 orange.
• Mash 2 cups bananas in 1 cup brewed coffee; add to the creamed mixture; mix to combine.
• In a small bowl mix together flour with, baking soda, baking powder, nutmeg and cinnamon; add to the creamed mixture and stir with wooden spoon until just combined (do not overmix!).
• Add in raisins and nuts; mix lightly until combined.
• Divide the mixture between the two pans.
• Bake for about 40-50 minutes or until loaves test done.

APPLE RUM RAISIN LOAF

Steps:

• preheat oven to 350F
• Combine flour, baking soda, salt, spices. Set aside.
• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition.
• Beat in lemon rind.
• add half of flour mix, combining. the half of applesauce. Repeat until combined.
• Stir in raisins and diced apple.
• Pour into well greased 9 x 5 inch pan. Bake 1 hour and 5 minutes. Cool 10 min before turning out.
• Combine rum, water and raisins in a pot. Simmer over med heat gentle about 5 min.
• Applesauce: 4 apples, unpeeled, quartered and cored. 1/2 cup water. 1/4 cup sugar.