Sage’s Kitchen – Cinnamon Raisin Bread!

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Bread machine friendly, and not the super sweet, frosted bakery bread.

Perfect toasted, grilled, or just snacking. I have made a lot of cinnamon bread in my bread machine. After decades of trial and error,  this variation has the best texture and flavor.

Place in order, into pan and paddle of bread machine that has been sprayed:

1 & 1/4 cups warm water

2 teaspoons sea salt

1/3 cup white sugar

2 & 1/2 tablespoons NIDO

2 & 1/2 tablespoons regular olive oil

4 cups bread flour

2 & 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon

2 & 1/2 teaspoons bread yeast

1 cup good quality, fresh, soft, raisins

Set bread machine for sweet cycle if you have it,  2 lb. loaf, light crust. Always check to see, during kneading, to make sure it is smooth and roundish. 

NIDO is a toddler milk that I buy at Sam’s Club. It produces better bread, over regular dry milk.  Dry milk is frequently called for in bread machine recipes. NIDO, produces superior results for me. It also seems to stay softer, longer, than bread without it. NIDO is shelf stable, making it an excellent pantry staple for bread makers.

Happy homemaking!

sage

Sage’s Kitchen – Basic White Sandwich Bread

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Although we love whole grains here, sometimes you just need or want,  plain, white bread.

Thrifty, and excellent for sandwiches, grilled sandwiches, and toast.

1 & 1/3 cups warm water

1 & 1/2 teaspoons sea salt

2 tablespoons white sugar

1/4 cup regular olive oil

4 & 1/2 cups bread flour

1 & 3/4 teaspoons yeast. I use bread machine yeast in the bread machine.

Load bread machine in the order your machine recommends. Mine starts with the liquid first. Be sure to spray the inside of your baking pan and the paddle, for super easy cleanup. Very important to add the yeast last;  and to make a “well” in the flour, to put the yeast into! 

We like a soft crust on this bread. Set machine for 2 lb. loaf, light crust, and regular cycle. The regular cycle is usually the first option in the menu.

When we were a busy homeschool family, I ran our bread machine every, single, day. ☺️

Happy homemaking! 

sage

Monday Musings

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Worldly wisdom might make you prosperous.  It might even make you happy.

But approval and acceptance by the world is never a good sign for true Bible believers. As a former pro musician, I can affirm that compromise is required as much as talent is.

In the same vein of thought, this applies to the pulpits of our churches. If preachers like Rick Warren are adored by the mainstream media, there must exist compromise. The world system requires it! 

If you have ever experienced a church falling to purpose driven or other Roman Catholic ideology, take solace from the fact that we are even closer to hearing “come up hither.” 

Debunking Islamophobia

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It is one of the key components of attack by the Ephesians 6:12 cabal of minions, both demonic and human, in these last of the last days. The accusation that reviling the people of the world who are of Islamic faithis an evil practice is particularly leveled at American patriots today. Google, the prime search engine […]

Debunking Islamophobia

Monday musings 5/4/26

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This verse has gained a lot of traffic in the past few years. It bears closer study than pop stars and athletes like to give it. The truly amazing section is this:

“that he gave his only begotten Son,”

The Lord GAVE, which denotes there must be an intended recipient of that gift.

“BEGOTTEN,” is replaced with “one and only Son,” in the NIV.  Webster’s defines begotten as: procreated; generated.  This is of huge  significance to all Bible believers. Satan wants to diminish the extraordinary aspect of the Conception of Christ, which was 100% supernatural. Through devious means, the evil one seeks to destroy the deity of Christ in every way he can.

Hold fast to the doctrine of the only begotten Son of God.

The Time That’s Left

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Time is fleeting, swiftly moving away from us as we live these increments of life on this judgment-bound planet. Time cannot be recalled; it cannot be re-lived. What’s done is done. What time remains is all we have left to do what we will with our lives on earth. Time, as my great friend Chuck […]

The Time That’s Left

Wednesday Wisdom 4/29/26

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The selfless life, is the sacrificial life. Putting yourself under the Cross, and dying to self, involves every aspect of our lives.

Of special note is how this applies to the Christian marriage. The happiest marriages reflect Christ’s love for His church.