Christmas fruit bread

Christmas fruit bread

Ingredients/Components

• salt - 1 tsp
• chopped nuts - 1/2 c
• flour
• butter - 1/2 lb
• almond extract - 1 tsp
• white sugar - 3/4 c
• lukewarm milk - 1 qt
• well beaten eggs - 4 item
• citron - 1/2 c
• orange peel - 1/2 c
• granulated yeast - 2 cakes
• each: cinnamon, nutmeg and anise seed - 1/2 tsp
• seeded raisins white preferred - 2 c

How to make christmas fruit bread:

Scald milk and cool to lukewarm. Add yeast cakes and 6 cups flour to make batter. Let rise. Add sugar, eggs, melted butter and salt. Cover fruit and nuts with flour and mix well. Fold into batter with other seasonings and flour. Knead to a stiff dough. Let rise until double in bulk, then cut and put in pans. Bake at 350°. Makes 5 loaves. Brush loaves with butter when done and removed from pans. Cool and wrap.

Variations: Have added canned plums, dates, prunes and applesauce instead of the amount of peel asked for.

Recipe categories: Breads, Quick breads, Christmas.