Baked: Cinammon Fruit Bread


Contributor post by Janis of Pinecone Camp

It's nice to be back at Poppytalk....it's been so long! I haven't baked for awhile either, so I thought I'd share a recipe with Poppytalk readers. This bread is so good, and pretty easy to make too. Perfect for an upcoming Easter brunch, and kids seem to love a mini anything ;)


 


Cinnamon Fruit Bread 
Makes 8 small loaves or 2 large loaves 
(small tins approximately 1.5"x2"x4")

3 cups all purpose flour
2 packets active dry yeast
3 tablespoons sugar
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup mixed dry fruit, chopped (I used apricots, Turkish figs, dates)
3/4 cup very warm milk
1 egg, beaten
1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
Juice of one orange

Place chopped fruit in a bowl with the orange juice. Allow to soak for about 20 minutes, then strain, reserving the juice.

In a small saucepan, warm milk but don't bring to a boil. Mix the yeast, warm milk and half the sugar in a small bowl. Allow to stand until foamy on top, about 10 minutes. 

Place the flour, remaining sugar, cinnamon, salt, and dried fruit in a large bowl and combine well. Make a well, in the centre of dry mix, and add the yeast mixture, egg, reserved orange juice and melted butter. Blend together with a wooden spoon until a dough forms. Remove from bowl, and knead dough, on a lightly floured surface, until smooth and elastic (about 5 minutes). 
Place dough in a lightly oiled bowl, and cover with a damp towel. Set aside, in a warm spot, for about 60-90 minutes, or until dough doubles in size. The time depends on how warm your room is. 



Remove dough from bowl, and knead again for a minute, then break into 8 equal pieces. Form dough into oval shapes in place in a lightly oiled bread tin. Cover with a clean, damp, towel and allow to rise for another 20 minutes. In the meantime, preheat oven to 350f/180c.

Place mini loaves on a large baking sheet, and bake for about 25 minutes or until golden brown and sounds a little hollow when tapped. Serve warm with a little orange butter (orange rind added to softened butter). Enjoy! 


If you give this recipe a try, I'd love to know what you think of it!

Janis, an interiors photographer has a lovely column on her blog called Baked filled with beautiful delicious recipes you must check out.  Visit her blog here and her Baked column here.

Jan Halvarson

9 comments:

quinncooper said...

Great little recipe. I was just in a bakery yesterday and my husband asked if I would be willing to make bread and I said it was too hard. So funny enough maybe I will after reading this recipe. Thanks!

Quinn Cooper Style

MERVE said...

wow !
good job :)
it looks delicious <3

Sherry Tejada said...

Those are adorable!!

Sherry Tejada

no matter said...

That looks yummy. I can almost smell it through my computer!

Anonymous said...

that looks delicious! Thanks for sharing how to make it(: I will definitely be trying it soon <3

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sweet harvest moon said...

Sounds delicious!

Sarah said...

Sounds great! It is possible to bake the dough as one big bread or to bake the pieces without bread tins? Because I don't have these small tins...Thanks for your help!

Isavoyage said...

Nice recipe, i tried it yesterday and it worked out well. Thanks!

jessie said...

sounds sweet! will try it soon!

and i love those tiny bread tins :)