Eggy Bread!

This was a bit of a treat when I was a kid. My favourite was when it was made with leftover challah and sprinkled with brown sugar.

But last weekend for my favourite meal of the weekend, brunch, I used leftover raisin bread and had it with maple syrup....and its so quick and simple.

Serves 1.

Cut a thick slice of raisin bread.

Whisk together 100ml of milk and 1 egg. Place liquid in a shallow dish and leave bread to soak in it.

When bread has soaked the liquid up (you may want to toss it a couple of times), fry in a pan for a couple of minutes each side until lightly browned.

Pour maple syrup over the eggy bread and serve with freshly squeezed orange juice.

Delicious!

Easy Raisin Bread

200 ml Water  

75 ml Sunflower Oil  

500 grams plain flour

1 ¼ tsp Sea Salt  

75 ml Honey  

7g dried yeast

1 egg

100g raisins 

First activate the yeast by mixing it with the warm (NOT HOT - 1 part boiling to 2 parts cold) water, and the honey. Stir and let sit for 2/3 minutes and you will see little bubbles/foam on the top.

By Hand:
Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl. Make a well in the middle and pour in the oil and the yeasty water mixture. mix together with your hands till you have a dough. Take out the bowl and knead for 30 minutes until it bounces back when you punch into it. Put it back in the bowl and let it rise for 30 mins.

Bread Machine:
This is what I normally do. Put all ingredients in the bread machine and set on dough setting. When finished take out.

Final for both hand and machine methods.
Give the dough another 5 mins kneading and place in a lightly oiled loaf tin. Place a tea towel over the top to keep it warm and allow to sit for 30 minutes - It will rise a lot at this stage!

Remove tea towel (yes that's obvious but I still thought I better say)
Place in a preheated 190°C oven. Bake for about 25 minutes. To test bread - remove from the tin and turn over, give it a light tap with your finger and if it sounds hollow its good. If not stick it back in for 5 minutes. But mine are always good at 25 mins.