Christmas Bread

Name: Christmas Bread
Prep time: 4 h
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 4 h 30 min
Yield: Makes 1 large or 2 small loaves
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 50g/1¾oz/⅓ cup pitted dates, chopped; 100g/3½oz/1 cup dried cranberries; 100g/3½oz/¾ cup raisins or sultanas/golden raisins; 50g/1¾oz/3⅓ tbsp rum, brandy or fruit juice; 100g/3½oz /scant 1 cup almonds or Brazil nuts, chopped; 175g/6oz/1¼ cups white bread flour; 70g/2½oz/⅓ cup packed dark brown sugar; 50g/1¾oz/⅓ cup dried figs, quartered; 100g/3½oz/½ cup crystallized/candied ginger, chopped; 125g/4½oz/½ cup water, at about 25°C/75°F; 100g/3½oz/7 tbsp butter, plus extra for greasing; 100g/3½ oz lightly beaten egg, (about 2 eggs); 5g/1 tsp fresh yeast; 220g/7¾oz/1½ cups white bread flour

Preparation info

Makes
1
large loaves

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
4 hr 30

Appears in

Slow Dough, Real Bread

By Chris J L Young

Published 2016

About

While other nations have their stollen and panettone, when it comes to Christmas, here in Britain we tend to put our dried fruits and spices into cakes, puddings and mince pies. However, in English Bread and Yeast Cookery, Elizabeth David mentioned a Christmas bread recipe from Cumbria, which inspired

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