Raisin Bread

Photo Credit: Alex Budgell

I am very behind on posting this but really want to share this recipe.  About a month ago, my colleagues from my food photography course and I got together to experiment with lighting, setups and take some more photos. If you missed it, read about my food photography class here. The get together was a lot of fun! We thought it would be neat to practice on breads so I baked this bread in the morning before hand. The recipe is from Kitchen Aid 3 in 1 Cookbook. It was easy to make. Of course I used my beloved Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer. If you don't have a stand mixer you can kneed by hand.  I stole Alex's photo for the blog, as I really like it. And by stole, I mean I got permission of course.

Here are the photographers in action:

Here are a few of my favourite photos from the day:

The others got some great shots. It was a lot of fun to share photos after and see what everyone came up with.

Anyway back to the bread..

After tasting this bread,  I got a few requests from people for more. Not just more actually, they wanted their own loaves. My mom even said that I am generous about sharing my brussel sprouts.. not so much when it comes to breads. So I quickly got to work and whipped up some more. After all, I can't have that as my reputation.  Luckily the recipe makes 2 loaves so it was easy to oblige. This bread is delicious toasted with butter. It also keeps really well in the freezer.