California Raisin Bread

#20
Bread Dessert

Original Recipe Card

Original recipe card for California Raisin Bread

Ingredients

  • 1 Pint Water
  • 1 Pint Sweet Milk
  • 2 Ounces Sugar
  • 1 Ounce Salt
  • 2 Ounces Lard
  • 1 1/2 Ounces Compressed Yeast
  • 2 Pounds Seeded Raisins
  • 4 Pounds Flour

Instructions

  1. Have both milk and water warm.
  2. Dissolve the yeast in the water.
  3. Mix the dough thoroughly, let it raise well, then punch it down and let it raise again.
  4. Mold in round loaves, and, when raised, bake in a hot oven of about 450 degrees.
  5. When potato yeast is used take one pint of yeast and one pint of milk or water.