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Frankenmuth Fruit Bread

FRANKENMUTH FRUIT BREAD

By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; June 1997, p. 15)

INGREDIENTS:

½ cup [hot] scalded milk

¼ cup butter

1 TB sugar

2 tsp salt

¼ cup water

2 pkgs. dry (dissolved in ½ cup warm water, with 2 tsp sugar)

4 cups flour*

2 eggs

¼ cup each (all chopped): candied red cherries, golden raisins, candied citrus peel, and walnuts

¼ tsp cardamom

½ tsp vanilla

Melted butter for basting

INSTRUCTIONS:

Combine milk, butter, sugar, and salt. Cool to lukewarm. Add water and warm yeast mixture. Stir and let stand for 5 minutes, or until bubbly. Add this mixture to one cup of the flour*.

Beat in eggs and chopped fruits and nuts, as listed. Add rest of ingredients, working in only enough more flour* to make dough elastic. Knead in bowl 5 minutes. Let rise until doubled in size.

Grease two 9-inch loaf pans. Split dough between these, shaping into loaves and letting them rise, again, until doubled in size.

Bake at 375°F for 45 minutes or until golden brown and, when you tap the crust, it makes a hollow sound. At once, wipe top of loaves with melted butter. Dump loaves out of pans onto towels to cool on their sides.

Makes 2 loaves.

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Hi! I'm Laura Emerich and Gloria Pitzer, the ORIGINAL Secret Recipe Detective, is my mom. This website is lovingly dedicated to her memory and legacy.

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