Bread Machine Fruit Loaf

Sassy Syrah's Note:

This came from my bread machine recipe book. I have made it a number of times and it comes out lovely. Fantastic as a breakfast toasted and buttered! Yum! I have altered the recipe slightly so that it is compatible with all of you. An Australian tablespoon = 4 tsp (20ml), so I have converted all measurements to teaspoons to avoid confusion. If you have a sweet bread cycle I'd recommend using that, but otherwise I'm pretty sure ordinary would work fine. I have frozen slices in plastic bags, so I always have some on hand if I get a craving. Nutella makes a good spread for this.

• Total Time: 3 hrs 32 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 3 hrs 22 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 1 750 g ...

• 270 ml water
• 6 teaspoons butter or 6 teaspoons oil
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• 6 teaspoons brown sugar
• 450 g white bread flour (3 cups)
• 6 teaspoons powdered milk
• 3 teaspoons ground mixed spice
• 2 teaspoons yeast
• ½ cup mixed dried fruit (I use sultanas and raisins, but you could use commercial mixed fruit or currants)

Gelatine Glaze

• 3 tablespoons water (optional)
• 6 teaspoons sugar (optional)
• 3 teaspoons gelatin (optional)

Directions:

1. Put all of the ingredients except the fruit in the order recommended by your manufacturer.
2. If you have a nuts dispenser place the fruit in there.
3. Otherwise add the fruit when the 2nd knead has 8 minutes to go.
4. If using the glaze, combine glaze ingredients in a small saucepan over a heat until the sugar and gelatine has dissolved.
5. Use the pause function if you have one, at fifteen minutes into the baking cycle, brush glaze over loaf.

Reviews

[Jewelies]

Our family ate this whole loaf for breakfast. Even my 2 year old ejoyed it. I cooked this on rapid cycle as I was late putting it on and didn't want to wait 3 1/2 hours for it to cook. I also set my machine for a 1 1/2 pound loaf. I didn't add the glaze and found it great without it. Thanks Claire for an excellent recipe that I will use alot.

[wjay152]

Amazing , I have been trying to find a recipe for Lincolnshire plum bread which I have bought from a few bakery shops but the recipe is secret . This one looks exactly right , I tried to bake one today by guessing the ingredients and it was'nt quite right , now cant wait to try this exact recipe . Thankyou you have made my day ..

[Lieutenant Ducky]

This bread has a really nice flavor and I smelled great the entire time it was baking. I used the dough setting on my bread machine and let it rise again for about 1/2 an hour, which was more than enough time. I baked it at 375 F for around 35 minutes and unfortunately it still wasn't fully baked at the two ends of the bread (the middle was good)... so I think I'll play it safe and bake it in the bread machine next time. I added candied orange peels and slivered almonds to the bread instead of raisins, etc, which was really tasty if you like that kind of flavor. I will be trying this again! ~Thanks~