Fruity Tea Bread Recipes

SCOTTISH TEA BREAD (FRUIT LOAF)

Steps:

• Put all the dried fruit into a bowl with the brown sugar and pour the hot tea over the top. Cover and let stand on the counter overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C)
• Butter and flour the inside of a loaf tin and set aside.
• Place the fruit mixture into a large bowl and add the beaten egg, flour and baking powder and mix until well combined.
• Pour mixture into prepared pan and place into preheated oven. Bake for 60 to 65 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
• Allow to cool in pan for 15 minutes, then carefully remove cake from pan and place on cooling rack. Cool completely before slicing. Serve with a hot cup of tea.

MOIST AND FRUITY TEA LOAF

Steps:

• Place the sultanas and raisins in a bowl and pour over the hot tea. Cover and allow to soak up the liquid overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 170°C/325°F. Line a 2lb loaf tin with baking parchment or a loaf tin liner.
• Combine the flour, baking powder, sugar and mixed spice in a mixing bowl and stir together.
• Mix in the melted butter and eggs - using a wooden spoon or spatula.
• Add in the raisins, sultanas and any liquid left in the bowl.
• Stir together until everything is thoroughly combined. It will be a very wet mixture.
• Spoon the mixture into the lined loaf tin, place in the oven and bake for 1 hour - to 1 hour 15 minutes. You'll know it's done when an inserted skewer comes out clean. If you find that the top of the tea bread is starting to look too dark whilst it's in the oven, you can cover it will foil.
• Once cooked, remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes. Then remove from the tin and allow to cool completely on a wire rack before slicing and serving.

MUMMY'S TEA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease and flour 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• Place the dates, sugar, salt, and butter into a bowl, and pour in the boiling water. Stir together and set aside to cool. Once cool, mix in the egg.
• Stir the flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar together in a bowl. Pour the raisin mixture over the flour mixture, and stir together until thoroughly combined. Mix in the vanilla extract and, if desired, walnuts. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in preheated oven until knife inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes before turning out onto a rack to cool completely. Wrap in aluminum foil and store in the refrigerator.

FRUITY TEA BREAD

Steps:

• Sift the flour and salt into a bowl, and rub in the butter.
• Stir in the yeast, spices, sugar, fruit and nuts.
• Add the milk and mix to a dough.
• Turn out onto a floured work surface.
• Knead lightly for 5-10 minutes.
• Cut into 2 equal-sized pieces.
• Shape to fit two 1-pound loaf tins.
• Place in greased loaf tins.
• Cover with oiled polyethylene and leave to rise in a warm place until doubled in size.
• Bake at 425°F for 30-40 minutes.
• Brush with honey to glaze.

FRUITY TEA LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 and grease a 9x5" loaf pan (can also fit into three 5x3" mini pans).
• Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and then set aside.
• Stir together sugar, yogurt, oil, eggs, vanilla and zest.
• Add flour mixture to wet ingredients and stir gently until well mixed (don't over mix or the loaf will be dry). Stir in dried fruit and nuts gently.
• Pour batter into pan and bake for 45-50 minutes until pick comes out clean (if using mini pans bake 25-30 minutes).
• Cool on wire rack 10 minutes before turning out.
• Stir together the ingredients for the glaze - watching the amount of orange juice to make it a nice pourable glaze and not too runny.
• Drizzle over cooled loaf.

TEA BREAD

Steps:

• Put the dried fruit into a bowl and pour the tea over, cover and leave overnight (not in the fridge).
• After overnight soaking..Preheat oven to Gas Mark 4. Line or grease a 2lb loaf tin.
• I use a loaf liner for ease
• Sieve the flour into a bowl and add spice if using. Pour over soaked fruit and any juices (remove teabag if using!).
• Add egg and stir well with wooden spoon until all mixed up.
• Spoon into prepared tin and if wished sprinkle over 1tsp of sugar (you don't have to but it gives it a nice crunch and it is only 1tsp!!).
• Put into oven and bake for about an hour, maybe a little more depending on your oven.
• When cooked through, remove from oven and cool on a rack.
• EAT!!! Lovely with butter spread on it. I know that defeats it being fat free but hey ho!!

FRUITY FRUIT TEA TEABREAD

Steps:

• 1. Put the strong tea and the dried fruit in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Gently simmer for 30 minutes, not letting all the tea evaporate completely. Leave to cool for ten minutes or so.
• 2. Preheat the oven to 170C and grease and line a 1 litre loaf tin. Tip the fruit and tea into a big bowl and simply add all the other ingredients. Mix really well so that everything is incorporated and tip the mixture into the loaf tin and level the surface. Bake for about an hour or until it is firm to the touch and a skewer comes out cleanly.
• 3. Cool on a wire rack before cutting into thick slices and eating with your eyes shut (it’s that sort of teabread).