Grandma's Christmas Bread

Name: Grandma's Christmas Bread
Prep time: 3 h 10 min
Cook time: 3 h 10 min
Total time: 3 h 10 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons active dry yeast; 710 milliliters bread flour; 1 teaspoon butter, melted; 118 milliliters confectioners sugar; 118 milliliters dried currants; 177 milliliters golden raisins; 1 teaspoons lemon juice; 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel; 296 milliliters warm milk (70° to 80°); 2 teaspoons 2% milk; 177 milliliters raisins; 2 teaspoons salt; 2 Tbsps sugar; 0 teaspoons vanilla extract

Grandma's Christmas Bread requires around 3 hours and 10 minutes from start to finish. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This lacto ovo vegetarian recipe has 178 calories, 5g of protein, and 1g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 16. It is perfect for Christmas. This recipe from Taste of Home requires active yeast, warm milk, milk, and lemon peel. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Grandma's Christmas Cake, Grandma's Christmas Brittle, and Grandma's Christmas Cake.

Instructions

In bread machine pan, place the first seven ingredients in order suggested by manufacturer. Select basic bread setting. Choose crust color and loaf size if available.

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Bread

Crust

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Bread Machine

Bake according to bread machine directions (check dough after 5 minutes of mixing; add 1 to 2 tablespoons of water or flour if needed).

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Bread

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Water

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Oven

Just before the final kneading (your bread machine may audibly signal this), add the raisins, currants and lemon peel. In a small bowl, combine glaze ingredients; drizzle over cooled bread.

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Lemon Peel