1. | Squeeze the air out of the dough. Form the dough to a ball and cover it with a piece of plastic food wrap. Let the dough rest for 5 minutes. |
2. | Press the dough ball and roll it into a 11-5/8" x 16-1/2" rectangle sheet. Sprinkle the raisins over the dough sheet and use the rolling pin to lightly press the raisins into the dough. Roll the dough from one end (narrow side) to the other. |
3. | Heat the oven to 100˚F (38˚C), then turn off the heat. Place the dough into the pullman bread pan. Put one cup of boiling water and the pan in the oven and let the dough rise until the dough fill up the mold (if using white flour only, let it rise up to the 90% of the height of the pan), about 75 minute. At the last 15 minutes, remove the pan from the oven. Pre-heat the oven to 395˚F (200˚C). |
4. | Cover the pan with the lid. Bake on the bottom rack of the oven for 45 minutes. |
5. | Take out the pan and remove the lid. Lay the loaf bread on its side above a cooking rack. Slice the bread after it completely cools down. Store the bread in the freezer if not serving soon. |