Christmas spiced fruit bread is made with a simple dough which has festive spices added along with dried fruits and nuts. Learn how to make soft and fluffy fruit bread with stepwise pictures and video.
Christmas Spiced Fruit Bread Recipe
Christmas Spiced Fruit Bread Recipe with step wise pictures. Soft and fluffy fruit bread which is perfect for this holiday season. Make a batch and have in fridge, when need slice it up and enjoy with a cup of tea or coffee. My hunger quest for bread making will never end, i couldn't stop baking my own bread quite often. OMG is the only thing i could say to you. Because this bread turned out to be so soft and fluffy. Very spongy.
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About Spiced Fruit Bread Recipe
Christmas fruit bread is made with a basic enriched bread dough dotted with dried fruits, nuts and spices. This recipe has lots of dried fruits and nuts and it taste so delicious and has Christmas.
The dough is shaped like a ring, or more like a wreath. You can shape them into whichever shape you like. This bread can be baked in a loaf pan, shaped into mini rolls and baked.
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Fruit Bread Ingredients
Egg - This recipe uses eggs, you can skip it and add more of butter and milk to make the dough more tender and soft.
Sugar - This is purely to sweeten the dough, but I like to add more confectioners sugar once the bread is baked.
Milk - Use luke warm milk to make soft and smooth dough. Luke warm milk helps activate the yeast as well.
Yeast - dry yeast is added to make the bread more soft and tender. It helps with the rising of dough.
Dried Fruits - I used a mixture of raisans, sultanas, currants, dates, candied peels, prunes & mixed dried fruits like strawberries, kiwi, ginger, pineapple & cherries
Spices - You can use any mixed spice. I used cinnamon, you can play around with holiday spices.
How to Make Christmas Fruit Bread (Stepwise Pictures)
1)Take dry yeast in a bowl.
2)Add in sugar
3)Add it little warm milk or water
4)Let it sit for 5 mins to activate the yeast.
5)Crack open an egg in a bowl.
6)Add in sugar
7)Add in vanilla essence
8)Add in some warm milk.
9)Whisk well.
10)Add in melted butter
11)Add in the yeast mix.
12) Add it in.
13) Add in all purpost flour.
14)Add in some salt.
15)Add in cinnamon powder
16)Add in soaked dried fruits. I soaked these fruits in red wine for 2 days.
17)Knead it well.
18)Add some butter on top, cover and let it rise.
19)Let the dough rise for 1 hour to 1.5 hours till it doubles in size.
20)Knead the dough again.
21)On a parchment paper place a bowl. use a oven safe bowl.
22)Place the kneaded dough like this.
23)Top with more glazed fruits
24)Bake it in a preheated oven for 30 to 35 mins. Dust with powdered sugar once it comes from oven.
25)Cool it completely, then slice and serve.
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Christmas Spiced Fruit Bread Recipe
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Ingredients
- 2 cups All Purpose Flour
- 1 large Egg
- ½ cup Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- ½ cup Warm Milk
- ¼ cup Melted Butter
- 1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- 1½ teaspoon Dry Yeast
- 1½ teaspoon Salt
- 1 cup Dried Fruits check notes
Instructions
- Take yeast, 1 teaspoon sugar in a bowl. Add little warm milk and let it activate for 5 mins.
- Now in a large mixing bowl, take egg, sugar, vanilla, milk and whisk well. Add in yeast mix, melted butter and mix well. Add flour, cinnamon, salt and dried fruits. Mix well to a dough. Knead the dough gently. Cover and let it rise for 2 hours till it doubles in size.
- Now take the dough and knead well. Place a small bowl on a parchment paper. PLace the dough so it forms a ring like. cover and let it rise for 30 mins.
- During that time preheat oven to 180 degree C. Now bake it for 30 to 35 mins. Remove it and cool completely. Dust with icing sugar and serve.
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