Breakfast Brioche

Photo: flickr user Chris Radcliff

Ingredients

1/2 cup milk

3 eggs

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 cup butter

1/4 cup sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

3 1/2 cups bread machine flour

3/4 cup raisins

1 1/2 teaspoons instant yeast

Preparation

Place all of the ingredients, except the raisins, into the pan of your bread machine, program the machine for Sweet Bread or Raisin Bread (or whole grain, or basic white bread, if your machine has neither of those cycles), and press Start.

If you've programmed your machine for the raisin bread cycle, add the raisins at the beep. If your machine is programmed for some other cycle, add the raisins about 5 minutes before the end of the second kneading cycle.

Check the dough after 10 to 15 minutes of kneading; it should have formed a smooth ball, a bit soft but not sticky.

If necessary, adjust the dough's consistency with additional flour or water.