Cinnamon Swirl Bread

Name: Cinnamon Swirl Bread
Yield: Makes 2 loaves
Ingredients: 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 3 3/4 cups (20 2/3 ounces), bread flour, plus extra for work surface; 3/4 cup (2 3/4 ounces) nonfat dry, milk powder; 1/3 cup (2 1/3 ounces), granulated sugar; 1 tablespoon, instant or rapid-rise yeast; 1 1/2 cups, warm water (110 degrees); 1 large, egg, lightly beaten; 1 1/2 teaspoons, salt; 1 1/2 cups (7 1/2 ounces), golden raisins; 1 cup (4 ounces), confectioners' sugar; 3 tablespoons, cinnamon; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 1 large, egg, lightly beaten with pinch of salt

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2012, America's Test Kitchen TV

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To rid this bread of its dense crumb, leaking filling, and huge gaps, we had to engineer a lofty dough and a sticky filling—and then find the right shaping method.

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This American classic frequently disappoints due to either precious little cinnamon flavor or, just as bad, a gloppy, oozing filling reminiscent of sticky buns. The bread itself is often an afterthought of pedestrian white bread, or else it...

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