Harvest Fruit Bread Recipe

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"My sister is raising two little girls but always makes time to bake homemade bread," writes Sandy Vias, San Leandro, California. "They like this loaf best. It's studded with fruit and nuts, and terrific toasted and spread with butter.

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Harvest Fruit Bread Recipe

Prep: 10 min. Bake: 3 hours

Yield: 12 Servings

10 180 190

Ingredients

1 cup plus 2 tablespoons water (70° to 80°)
1 egg
3 tablespoons butter, softened
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Dash allspice
3-3/4 cups plus 1 tablespoon bread flour
2 teaspoons active dry yeast
1 cup dried fruit (dried cherries, cranberries and/or raisins)
1/3 cup chopped pecans

Directions

In bread machine pan, place the first nine ingredients in order suggested by manufacturer. Select basic bread setting. Choose crust color and loaf size if available. Bake according to bread machine directions (check dough after 5 minutes of mixing; add 1 to 2 tablespoons water or flour if needed). Just before final kneading (your machine may audibly signal this), add fruit and pecans. Yield: 1 loaf (12 slices).

Editor's Note: We recommend you do not use a bread machine's time-delay feature for this recipe.

Nutritional Analysis: One slice equals 214 calories, 6 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 25 mg cholesterol, 330 mg sodium, 36 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 6 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 starch, 1/2 fruit.

Originally published as Harvest Fruit Bread in Quick Cooking November/December 2001, p58

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Reviewed on May. 31, 2008 by Joscy

Hello! I'd like to know how to convert bread machine yeast bread recipes to the old fashioned way of making bread, hand kneading. Thank you for your reply.