Pumpkin Raisin Bread

This pumpkin yeast bread is a sweet bread filled with pumpkin puree, raisins, and warming spices.

Add milk, yeast, sugar, flour, eggs, pumpkin, spices and salt to a stand mixer bowl.

Fit the stand mixer with a dough hook attachment and mix to form a thick dough. Add in the softened butter, a few cubes at a time.

Keep mixing on medium speed for around 10 minutes until the sticky dough is smooth and strong and pulls away cleanly from the sides of the bowl.

Add in the raisins and mix on low speed until they are incorporated. Add the dough to a large bowl and let it rise until doubled.

After the first rise, punch down the risen dough and pull it from the bowl onto a lightly floured work surface. Cut into two pieces.

On a lightly floured surface, roll out one of the pieces of dough into an 8x15-inch rectangle. Sprinkle over cinnamon sugar mixture.

Roll the dough up tightly, jelly-roll style into an 8-inch log. Pinch the edges to seal them and place the log onto a prepared pan.

Let the bread rise until doubled in size. Brush with milk.

Bake until deep golden brown, then cool to room temperature.

Enjoy it fresh or toasted! See the link for the full recipe.