Name: Apricot and Vanilla Slices
Yield: Makes about 14
Ingredients: 175 g/6 oz/¾ cup curd (farmer’s) cheese; 30 ml/2 tbsp apricot conserve; 40 g/1½ oz/3 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar; 140 g/5 oz/⅔ cup mascarpone cheese; 2.5 ml/½ tsp vanilla essence (extract); 2 eggs, lightly beaten; 5 ml/1 tsp easy bake (rapid-rise) dried yeast; 9 apricots, halved and stoned (pitted); 15 ml/1 tbsp cornflour (cornstarch); 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp butter, melted; 115 ml/4 fl oz/½ cup water; 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar; 2.5 ml/½ tsp salt; 225 g/8 oz/2 cups unbleached white bread flour

Preparation info

Makes about
14

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook

By Jennie Shapter

Published 2010

About

Fresh apricots are perfect for these fruit slices, but there’s no need to deny yourself when they are out of season. Just use well-drained canned ones.

Ingredients

115 ml/4 fl oz/½ cup water
225 g

Method

Pour the water into the bread machine pan. If the instructions for your bread machine specify that the yeast is to be placed in the pan first, simply reverse the order in which you add the liquid and dry ingredients.
Sprinkle over