Barmbrack (Irish)
- 4 tablespoons sugar
- 3 tablespoons water warm
- 1 package yeast, active dry
- 1 large eggs beaten
- 2 cups flour, all-purpose
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup milk or more as needed to 1/2 cup
- 1 cup golden raisins
- 1 cup currants
- 1/2 cup candied orange peel or lemon peel, chopped
- 1 x vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon water cold
- Combine 1 tablespoon of the sugar, warm water and yeast.
- Stir to dissolve yeast and let stand until bubbly, about 5 minutes.
- Blend egg into yeast mixture.
- Fit processor with steel blade.
- Measure flour, butter, 2 tablespoons of the remaining sugar and salt into work bowl.
- Process until mixed, about 15 seconds.
- Turn on processor and slowly add yeast mixture through feed tube to flour mixture.
- Process until blended, about 10 seconds.
- Turn on processor and very slowly drizzle just enough milk into flour mixture so dough forms a ball that cleans the sides of the bowl.
- Process until ball turns around bowl about 25 times.
- Turn off processor and let dough stand 1 to 2 minutes.
- Turn on processor and gradually drizzle in enough remaining milk to make dough soft, smooth and satiny but not sticky.
- Process until dough turns around bowl about 15 times.
- Turn dough onto lighyly greased surface.
- Knead raisins, currants and candied fruit peel into dough.
- Shape into smooth ball and place on greased cookie sheet.
- Flatten ball into a circle about 6 inches in diameter.
- Brush with oil and let stand in warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
- Heat oven to 350F (180C).
- Bake until bread sounds hollow when tapped, 40 to 50 minutes.
- Mix cold water with remaining 1 tablespoon of the sugar.
- Remove bread immediately from cookie sheet and place on wire rack.
- Brush with sugar-water mixture.
- Cool.
sugar, water, yeast, eggs, flour, butter, salt, milk, golden raisins, currants, candied orange, vegetable oil, water cold
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/barmbrack-irish-5307 (may not work)