English Plum Bread Recipe | English Recipes
How to prepare "english plum bread"
english plum bread
2 cups milk
1 cup water
2 envelopes active dry yeast
8 cups flour
4 ounces citron, sliced very thin
1 pound raisins, cut in half
1/2 cup granulated sugar
scald milk and water and cool until warm. add yeast, mixing to dissolve. add flour to make dough stiff enough to knead. cover; let rise until it doubles.
cut raisins and citron into dough with sugar. let rise again. mold into 2 mounds and put into bread pans. let rise again.
bake at 350 degrees f until brown, then reduce heat and bake for about 1 hour.
makes 2 large loaves.
