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Sunday, May 11, 2014

Tea Bread Recipe

Since the weather is starting to change here in the UK I thought it was time I cooked a lovely wholesome snack that goes perfect with a cup of fresh hot tea.

My tea bread recipe is a cross between a fruit cake and a fruit bread.

It is very delicious and there will be plenty to go around, you can eat it as a piece of cake or like us - eat it sliced with a thin spread of butter, yum yum!

All you have to do is soak your dried fruit in some hot tea over night then the recipe is almost done, yes its that easy! Why not give this delicious recipe a try?

See Jeenas full step-by-step tea brea recipe below.

Ingredients
8 oz/225g Sultanas
4oz/100g Raisins
4oz/100g Currants
6oz/175g Light Brown Sugar
1/4 Pint Hot Fresh Tea
1 Medium Egg
8oz225g Self Raising Flour

Sultanas, raisins and currants..

How to Make Jeenas Tea Bread Recipe

First make a 1/4 pint of fresh tea and add your sugar.

Your tea must be hot to melt the sugar. Mix it well then add all your dried fruit mix well again.

You may think there is not enough fluid to soak up the fruit, if you gently tilt your bowl/jug to the side you should see there is quite a lot of liquid.

Cover and leave over night for your fruits to plump up.

The next day pour all of your fruit with juices into a bowl.

Mix your egg into your fruit then add your flour and mix well.

After mixing well pour your tea bread mixture into a greased and floured oven dish.

Place into a pre-heated oven at 160C for approx 1 hour to 1 and 1/2 hours.

It depends on your oven so check your tea bread by poking a skewer into to - if it comes out clean it should be ready, do not open the oven for at least 40 minutes.

Turn out onto a rack and leave to cool.

Slice and serve as desired, eat as a peice or slice and spread with butter.

Enjoy Jeenas Tea Bread Recipe.

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Mince Pies for Tea Time Treats

Im entering this for Tea Time Treats as the theme for December is Christmas Team Time Treats is a monthly baking challenge run by Karen at Lavender and Lovage and Kate at What Kate Baked , Kate is hosting the December challenge.

Last month I made Dark Chocolate Mincemeat using Dan Lepards Dark Rich Mincemeat recipe from his fabulous book Short and Sweet. So today I made some mince pies and again I turned to Short and Sweet for the Rich Shortcrust Pastry that Dan recommends for mince pies. Its a lovely recipe, sweet and enriched with ground almonds and egg yolk . I was really quite excited about tasting the mince pies and I wasnt disappointed.

Usually I find that mince pies are all pastry and no filling and the pastry never seems very exciting, but the Rich Shortcrust was light, short and added rather than detracted from the mincemeat. I made the pies in my muffin tins, some mini pies in mini muffin tins and a few larger ones. The muffin tins give you a deeper pie which allows for more filling. Definitely a huge hit! If you havent bought Short and Sweet yet, then get it on your Christmas list.