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Cinnamon Raisin Bread

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A few days ago R mentioned that he'd like some Cinnamon Raisin Bread with breakfast.  I happened to have some leftover raisins in the pantry, and some time on my hands today. I found  this recipe  on the King Arthur Baking website. It was the easiest dough recipe I've made yet!  I didn't even have to knead it by hand because the dough is soft enough that the machine can take care of kneading it for 5 minutes. Based on reviews on the website, I decided to leave out the oats, double the cinnamon from 1 to 2 teaspoons, and use 1.5 the amount of raisins the recipe called for. The amount of water should be 1/4 cup on a humid day and 1/3 cup in a dry day. Well, we're in the middle of a heat wave but I got mixed up and used 1/3. The dough still behaved great. Something's off with our oven, so it took 48-50 minutes instead of 40-45.  I forgot to brush it with milk before baking, so I brushed the warm loaf with a bit of butter when it came out of the oven. The bread did...