Yankee Christmas Bread Recipe
This Yankee Christmas Bread is different from all other Christmas Breads. This is a delicious bread replete with raisins, citron, orange flakes and spiced with cinnamon. The delightful difference comes with the inclusion of potato ! Try this Yankee Christmas bread and let me know if you like it.
Ingredients
| Potato | 1 Small, peeled | |
| Warm water | 2/3 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Active dry yeast | 1 Tablespoon | |
| Milk | 2/3 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Flour | 4 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Unsalted butter | 6 Tablespoon | |
| Sugar | 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Egg | 1 | |
| Salt | 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Golden Raisins | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| 1/3 cup chopped candied citron | ||
| Candied orange peel | 1/3 Cup (16 tbs), chopped | |
| Unsalted butter | 2 Tablespoon, melted | |
| Sugar | 2 Teaspoon | |
| Ground cinnamon | 1 Teaspoon | |
Directions
1 Boil potato in unsalted water until very tender. Drain, and set aside 2/3 cup of the water. Cool potato to warm. Mash.
2 Dissolve yeast in warm unsalted potato water. Set aside for 5 minutes. Heat milk to warm (105°-115°F) and add to yeast mixture.
3 Stir in mashed potato and 1 1/2 cups flour. Mix thoroughly. Cover; let rise in warm place about 1 hour.
4 Cream butter with sugar; mix thoroughly. Add egg and salt.
5 Add this mixture to the yeast and potato mixture. Add enough remaining flour to make a soft dough. Mix thoroughly.
6 Knead in the raisins, citron, and orange peel.
7 Knead on lightly floured surface until smooth€”about 10 minutes.
8 Cover; let rise until double€”about 45 minutes. Punch down dough. Shape into round loaf.
9 Place in greased 2-inch-deep, 8-inch round cake pan. Brush top of loaf with melted butter and sugar and cinnamon mixture.
10 Cover; let rise in warm place until double€”about 30 minutes. Bake in a preheated 350°F oven about 1 hour or until done. Cool on wire rack.
2 Dissolve yeast in warm unsalted potato water. Set aside for 5 minutes. Heat milk to warm (105°-115°F) and add to yeast mixture.
3 Stir in mashed potato and 1 1/2 cups flour. Mix thoroughly. Cover; let rise in warm place about 1 hour.
4 Cream butter with sugar; mix thoroughly. Add egg and salt.
5 Add this mixture to the yeast and potato mixture. Add enough remaining flour to make a soft dough. Mix thoroughly.
6 Knead in the raisins, citron, and orange peel.
7 Knead on lightly floured surface until smooth€”about 10 minutes.
8 Cover; let rise until double€”about 45 minutes. Punch down dough. Shape into round loaf.
9 Place in greased 2-inch-deep, 8-inch round cake pan. Brush top of loaf with melted butter and sugar and cinnamon mixture.
10 Cover; let rise in warm place until double€”about 30 minutes. Bake in a preheated 350°F oven about 1 hour or until done. Cool on wire rack.
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