cinnamon raisin bread

I found this recipe at food.com

and it literally is

The World's Best Cinnamon Raisin Bread

Ingredients:

Serves: 36,
Yield: 3
3 3

Servings Size

• loaves
  

loaves

• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 cup warm water (must be between 110-115 degrees)
• 2 (1/4 ounce) packages active dry yeast
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup raisins
• 8 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 cup white sugar
• 3 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted (approx.)
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Directions:

Prep Time: 3 hrs
Total Time: 3 3/4 hrs

1. 1 Warm the milk in a small sauce pan on the stove until it just starts to bubble, stirring occasionally.
2. 2 Remove from heat.
3. 3 Let cool until lukewarm, about 120-125 degrees.
4. 4 Dissolve yeast in warm water and set aside until yeast is frothy, about 10 minutes or so (make sure your water is at the correct temperature or the yeast won't activate.) Then mix in eggs, sugar, butter salt and raisins (stir in the cooled milk slowly so you don't cook the eggs.) Add the flour gradually to make a stiff dough.
5. 5 Knead the dough on a lightly floured surface for a few minutes until smooth.
6. 6 Place in a large, buttered, mixing bowl and turn to grease the surface of the dough.
7. 7 Cover with a warm, damp cloth and let rise (I like to let my bread rise in the oven with the light on. It has just the right amount of heat and keeps the bread out of drafts.) Allow to rise until doubled, usually about 1 1/2 hours.
8. 8 Roll out on a lightly floured surface into a large rectangle 1/2 inch thick.
9. 9 Moisten the dough with 2 tablespoons milk and rub all over the dough with your hands.
10. 10 Mix together 1 cup of sugar and 3 tablespoons cinnamon and sprinkle mixture evenly on top of the moistened dough.
11. 11 Roll up tightly (the long way).
12. 12 The roll should be about 3 inches in diameter.
13. 13 Cut into thirds, and tuck under ends and pinch bottom together.
14. 14 Place loaves into well greased (you can use Crisco or butter for this) 9 x 5 inch pans and lightly grease tops of loaves.
15. 15 Let rise in warm place, uncovered, again for about an hour.
16. 16 Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until loaves are lightly browned and sound hollow when tapped.
17. 17 Remove from oven and let cool on rack.
18. 18 Take melted butter and spread over tops of loaves.
19. 19 After about 20 minutes, lay loaves on their sides and remove from pans.
20. 20 Allow to cool before slicing.                                                                                                         * If you try this bread please let me know what you think in the comment box*

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Hello everyone,
A writer I am not, so I will leave that up to Kathryn. I hope that everyone who joins us will be inspired to make their lives and the lives of loved ones more tasty. I hope that we can all create wonderful new bonds of friendship along with our tasty treats! So how are we going to do this? I need your help.  I am hoping that we can all blog our recipes here and share the our best secrets from the kitchen. I am going to ask you guys to send me a recipe with some pics plus a little exerpt about yourself so I can post them and we can all get to know each other surrounded by good food!  I hope that you will want to share the new great recipes you already have or come across without an invite! I am trying to get a bunch of mine ready as we speak communicate,
I hope you will invite all the good cooks in your life to join in!
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Mara