Apple & Sultana Fruit Bread
This Apple & Sultana Fruit Bread is packed full of delicious fruit and spices. Perfect served for breakfast or at any time of day, it is a real treat! Serve toasted and slathered in butter to enjoy it at it's best.
Ingredients
- 400 g strong white flour
- 14 g instant yeast
- 5 g sea salt
- 50 g caster sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp mixed spice
- 40 g unsalted butter softened
- 240 ml semi skimmed milk warmed slightly
- 80 g sultanas
- 50 g dried apple
- 1 egg beaten
- spray oil
Instructions
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Add 400g strong white flour into your mixer and add 14g yeast to one side of the bowl and 50g caster sugar, 5g salt, 1 tsp cinnamon and ½ tsp mixed spice to the other
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Add 40g of unsalted butter and 240ml of warmed milk. Mix briefly by hand with the dough hook
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Set the mixer to a medium speed and knead the dough for 5 – 10 minutes. You may need to pull the dough from around the hook if it gets stuck to make sure it keeps getting kneaded
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Once the dough is soft and smooth and springs back when touched, cover it with a tea towel and leave to prove until it has doubled in size. This should take 1-2 hours
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Uncover the dough and knock back by punching it with your fists. Add 100g sultanas and 50g dried apple. Start mixing them into the dough in the bowl before turning the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and kneading for a minute or so to fully incorporate the fruit
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Shape the dough into a loaf shape and lay into an oiled 2lb loaf tin
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Cover with a tea towel and leave to prove for 45 mins to 1 hour
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Preheat the oven to 180°C (fan assisted, 200ºC non fan). Brush the top of the loaf with with 1 beaten egg. I do this twice to get a good coating
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Bake for 25 minutes until deep brown and it sounds hollow when the base is tapped
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Leave to cool on a wire rack before cutting. I like to serve toasted with lots of butter.
Recipe Notes
Nutritional information is given as a guide only and may vary.