Show & Bread

I am in a show in Greensboro NC, being held at Greenhill in the downtown area.

For information and times, here is a click

If you are in the area, stop in and see it.

Thanks!

A new bread recipe that we tried this week.

Dried Fruit Bread

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/4 cup sugar

 1 tsp. salt

2 tsp. Cinnamon

2 ¼ tsp yeast

1 1/4 cup warm water

1/4 cup butter, melted

1 egg

1/2 cup Bread flour & 1/2 cup Whole Wheat set aside

1 cup mixed dried fruit, raisins, cranberries, Apricots

Grease and flour, or use spray, one bread loaf pan.

Place the 2 cups of all-purpose flour in a bowl with sugar, salt, cinnamon and yeast.

Place the salt on one side of your bowl and your yeast on the other.

Mix well and add in warm water, beat well, add in egg, beat, drizzle in cooled butter, beat well.

Stir in the ½ cup Bread flour & ½ cup Whole Wheat, add and stir in fruit.

Pour this into bread pan, use flour on your hand to pat into pan, will be sticky.

Cover loosely with a plastic bag, let rise 1 hour

Before hour is up preheat oven to 375, you can preheat to 400 but be sure to turn down the heat to 375 when you place bread in the oven

Bake 40-45 minutes

I have been playing with bread, we like this one for breakfast.

Toast, butter, eat