North Riding Bread Recipe (Tea Bread)

Vegetarian
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Ingredients

For the recipe:
  • 450g organic plain flour
  • 1/2 tsp natural sea salt
  • 4tsp baking powder
  • 1tbsp treacle
  • 280ml milk
  • 120g butter
  • 50g organic demerara sugar
  • 170g organic currants
  • 170g organic raisins
  • 85g organic mixed peel
  • 2tsp organic Fairtrade mixed spice
  • 1/2 tsp Steenbergs almond extract

Sweet and fruity tea bread delicous sliced with a piece of yorkshire wenslydale cheese

Method

01
Preheat oven to 190C. Lightly grease two loaf tins and line with baking parchment.
02
Sift themixed spice, plain flour with the salt and baking powder. Rub in the butter and sugar until it has the consistency of breadcrumbs. Mix in raisins, currants and mixed peel. Stir in the treacle, almond extract, milk and mix to a soft dough.
03
Divide into two small tins and bake for about an hour or until the cake springs back when pressed lightly. Tip out of tins and cool on wire rack.
04
Serve on own, with butter or a good Wensleydale cheese.