Fruit bread with dried plums from California

AUTHOR
Antoine Long
DIFFICULTY
RATING
4 1
COOK TIME
70 mins
TOTAL TIME
70 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 8
  • 150 g dried plums from California
  • 4 TABLESPOONS Water (or rum)
  • 500 g Flour
  • 2 packages Dry baker's yeast
  • 100 g soft butter
  • 2 Eggs (M)
  • 80 g Sugar
  • 2 TABLESPOONS liquid honey
  • 4 Coated Tsp Stollen or gingerbread spice
  • 125 ml room-warm milk
  • 50 g California walnuts
  • 100 g dried plums from California
  • 80 g whole, dried cranberries
  • 2 TEASPOONS Flour

Directions

  1. 1

    Puree dried plums with water.

  2. 2

    Mix flour and yeast. Add butter, eggs, sugar, honey, stollen or gingerbread spices, milk and plum puree. Knead everything into a smooth dough with the dough hooks of the hand mixer. Cover and leave to rise in a warm place for about 45 minutes.

  3. 3

    Coarsely chop the walnuts and mix with plums, cranberries and flour. Knead the dough on a floured surface, press flat and spread the plum mixture on top. Beat the dough together and knead everything well, making sure that the fruits are mixed with dough.

  4. 4

    Form the dough into an oblong shape and place it in a well greased box form (approx. 30 cm long). Cover and leave to rise again for approx. 45 minutes.

  5. 5

    Bake the fruit bread in a preheated oven at 180 °C (gas: level 2-3, fan oven: 160 °C) for about 45-50 minutes.