Apricot and Prune Teabread

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Granary flour is malted brown flour with malted wheat flakes.

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Ingredients

  • Serves: 12
  • 275 Gram Granary flour (10 oz)
  • 2 1/2 Teaspoon Baking powder
  • 1 1/2 Teaspoon Ground mixed spice
  • 75 Gram Butter (3 oz)
  • 100 Gram Ready to eat prunes, stoned and chopped (3 1/2 oz)
  • 75 Gram Unsalted peanuts, roughly chopped (3 oz)
  • 75 Gram Soft brown sugar (3 oz)
  • 100 Gram Dried apricots, chopped (3 1/2 oz)
  • 200 ml Milk (7 fl oz)
  • 1 Egg, beaten

Preparation

Step 1

Makes 12 slices

Place the flour, baking powder and mixed spice in a bowl.

Rub the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.

Stir in the prunes, peanuts, sugar and apricots.

Add the milk and the egg, mix well.

Turn into a greased 900g (2 lb) loaf tin and bake at 180 °C / 350 °F / Gas 4 for 1 hour until an inserted skewer comes out clean.

Leave to cool in the tin.