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Recipes : Class 43 - Plum Bread

Ingredients

• 450g white bread flour
• pinch of salt
• 125ml warm milk
• 115g melted butter
• 60ml caster sugar
• 15g yeast
• 5ml ground cinnamon & ground allspice
• 2 eggs lightly beaten
• 225g chopped prunes
• 50g seedless raisins
• 50g sultanas

Method

1. Sift flour salt together.
2. Mix together milk, butter, sugar, eggs.
3. Stir into flour, make a soft dough.
4. Turn onto a floured surface knead approx 10 minutes until smooth.
5. Then knead in the fruits.
6. Leave to prove until double the size.
7. Turn out onto floured surface knock back & knead.
8. Lightly grease a 900g loaf tin.
9. Cover & leave in a warm place until double in size.
10. Bake in oven 190ºC Gas mark 5 approx 30-40 minutes.
    (If the bread sounds hollow when tapped then it is cooked)