Whole-wheat Fruit Bread
A historical recipe from Woman's Institute Library of Cookery. Volume 1, by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences.
A historical recipe
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery. Volume 1: Essentials of Cookery; Cereals; Bread; Hot Breads, by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences. Project Gutenberg eBook #9935.
From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.
Ingredients 1 ingredient
Cook safely
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- Oven and hot trays. Use dry oven gloves for trays and dishes: a hot tray looks just like a cold one. Open the oven door away from your face and let the first rush of heat out.
- Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.
Method
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- (Sufficient for Three Small Loaves) 1 yeast cake 2 c.
- lukewarm liquid 2 Tb.
- fat 1/4 c.
- brown sugar stoned, chopped dates 2 tsp.
- salt 6 c.
- whole-wheat flour 1-1/2 c.
- seeded raisins or stoned, chopped dates 1 c.
- white flour for kneading Dissolve the yeast cake in a little of the lukewarm liquid and add it to the fat, sugar, and salt that have been put into the mixing bowl.
- Pour in the remainder of the liquid and add half or all of the flour, depending on the bread-making method that is followed.
- Stir in the fruit before all the flour is added and just before the dough is shaped into loaves.
- After it has risen sufficiently in the greased pans, proceed with the baking.
- 78.
- BRAN BREAD.--Bread in which bran is used is proportionately a trifle lower in food value than that in which whole wheat or white flour is used.
- However, it has the advantage of an additional amount of bulk in the form of bran, and because of this it is a wholesome food.
Plating
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