Preparation info
  • Serves

    10–12

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The Daily Mail Modern British Cookbook

By Alastair Little and Richard Whittington

Published 1998

  • About

Bannock is a yeast-raised fruit loaf found throughout Scotland.

Ingredients

  • 60 g/ 2 oz butter, plus more to serve
  • 350 ml/ 12

Method

Put the butter in the milk and heat to hand warm. Pour into the bowl of a food mixer with a dough hook attached. Switch on at low speed and pour in the flour, yeast, sugar and salt. Work for 5 minutes, then add the sultanas, currants and candied peel, and continue to work for a further 5 minutes.

Remove to a floured surface and shape into a ball, then transfer to a large oiled bowl. Cli