Raisin Bread

I baked a raisin bread today. The picture above is from a few month ago. I have Panasonic SD-YD250, somehow, this machine bakes too much if I waited till it finishes. I take bread out about 20 minutes before it ends so that crust is softer and raisin doesn't get burned.

I use Japanese recipe site, cookpad they have great recipes!

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