Fruit and nut brioche

6 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 tablespoon Fresh yeast
150 millilitres Lukewarm milk
250 grams Flour
4 Eggs beaten
1 pinch Of salt
4 tablespoons Sugar
½ cup Almonds
½ cup Hazelnuts
¼ cup Raisins or sultanas
cup Currants
cup Dried apricots, sliced
A few glace cherries
170 grams Pure New Zealand Unsalted Creamery Butter, softened but not melted

Directions

Preheat oven to 170C. Dissolve yeast in milk. Add flour, eggs, salt, sugar, nuts and fruit. Beat well. cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk. Punch down, add butter and beat well making sure there are no lumps of butter. Pour in to well buttered loaf tin (the mixture should half fill the tin). Allow to rise again until the tin is ¾ full. Bake at 170 C until a skewer comes out clean-about 20-25 minutes. Cool before slicing Serves 6.

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