Kelly's Basic Fruit Bread Recipe
A simple fruit bread that is delicious fresh or toasted
Ingredients
- 1 kg White flour
- 2 tsp Dried Instant Yeast
- 2.5 tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Cinnamon
- 2 tbsp Brown sugar
- 3 tbsp White sugar
- 2.5 tbsp Melted butter
- 550 ml Warm milk *More may be needed
- 1 Large Egg, whisked
- 1 cup Sultanas *Raisins and other dried fruits may be used
Instructions
- Warm the butter and milk together until butter is mostly melted.
- Add sultanas to warm liquid and set aside.
- Place all dry ingredients together in a large bowl (or the mixing bowl of your stand mixer).
- Whisk dry ingredients together briefly until blended.
- Add whisked egg to the warm milk and whisk in
- Add wet ingredients into dry. You can use the dough hook on your stand mixer, or mix by hand. If mixing my hand, spend a few minutes kneading the dough on a lightly floured bench until smooth.
- If your mixture seems too dry, add a little more milk in small amounts until the consistency is better. You don't want a super stiff dough, nor do you want a sloppy dough. Something in between is good!
- Place dough in an oiled bowl and cover. Allow to rise until doubled in size - usually this takes around 1.5 hours, depending on the room temperature.
- Remove dough from bowl and knead lightly. Cut into 2 equal portions.
- Place in lined bread loaf tins or place rounds on lined trays.
- Cover and allow to rise once more, this time for around 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven. Fan forced 210 celsius (410 Fahrenheit), regular 220 celsius (428 fahrenheit).
- After the second rise, slash the loaves and place in oven for 35 minutes. *Please note, this time can vary between ovens.
- Remove from oven and tins and place on a cooling rack.
- It is best to allow the loaves to cool completely before slicing - if you can wait that long...