1. Measure carefully, placing all ingredients except raisins in bread machine pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer (usually wet ingredients, dry ingredients, then yeast). Add raisins at the Raisin/Nut signal or 5 to 10 minutes before last kneading cycle ends.

2. Select Sweet or Basic/White cycle. Use Medium or Light crust color. Remove baked bread from pan and cool on wire rack.

Optionally, use your Dough cycle setting and bake the bread in a loaf pan. Grease a loaf pan with cooking spray. Add the kneaded dough from the dough cycle into the pan (don't forget to remove the blade that can sometimes come out with the dough). Spray a sheet of plastic wrap with cooking spray and lightly cover the dough in the pan (cooking spray side down). Let the dough rise again for 1 hour. Bake in 350F-preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes. Remove loaf from pan and cool completely on a wire rack.