Barmbrack - Fruitbread

Serves: 12

Ingredients

• 75g Lakeland Dairies Butter
• 500g plain flour
• 75g dark brown sugar
• 7g yeast
• 1 tsp mixed spice
• 2 eggs
• 150ml Viva Whole Milk
• 500g mixed dried fruit
• 125ml tea

Method

Soak the mixed dried fruit in the tea for 1 hour.

Place the flour and butter into a bowl and crumb with your fingertips.

Activate the yeast as per instructions. Whisk the eggs and Viva Whole Milk together.

Combine the yeast, sugar, spice, egg mix with the crumbed flour and Lakeland Dairies Butter.

Knead for 10 minutes.

Add the fruit and knead again until smooth.

Place into a clean bowl, clingfilm and prove for 1.5 hours.

Knock back and place into  2 lined loaf tins.

Bake for 45 minutes at 180°C, remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly before cutting.

Serve with Lakeland Dairies Butter