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Portuguese Honey, Spice and All Things Nice, Fruit Bread. Recipe

Portuguese Honey, Spice and All Things Nice, Fruit Bread. Recipe

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Ingredients:

Serving

1 1/4 cups unsalted butter, softened , plus additional for buttering pans
3/4 cup dried cranberries
3/4 cup chopped mixed candied fruit , fine-quality candied fruit such as pears, citron
1/4 cup port wine
1 1/4 cups walnuts (4 1/4 oz)
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1 cup sugar
3 large eggs
3 tsp active dry yeast (from two 1/4-oz packages)
1/4 cup warm water (105 115 f , 40-45 cup)
3/4 cup molasses ( not blackstrap)
1/2 cup honey

Directions:

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 325°F (160 C).
Butter 6 (6 by 3 1/4 by 2 inch) metal loaf pans. (2 to 2 1/4 cup capacity)
Put cranberries, candied fruit, and Port together in a small saucepan and heat until it simmers. Remove from heat, cover and set aside.
Coarsely chop walnuts using a food processor then add the flour, salt, baking soda and spices and pulse just enough to combine.
Cream together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy, and then add the eggs 1 at a time, beating each in well.
Stir together yeast and warm water in a small bowl and let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes. If your mixture doesn't foam, discard it and start over with new yeast.
Starting with one and a half cups of flour mixture added to butter mixture and mixing with an electric beater at low speed . add each of the following and combine after each addition : molasses, then another one and a half cups of flour mixture, then the yeast mixture, the final one and a half cups of flour mixture. Then hand stir in the candied fruit mixture.
Divide batter among pans, smooth the tops. You don't need to let the batter rise.
Bake for about 50 to 60 minutes or until a wooden pick or skewer inserted in centers of loaves comes out clean.
Cool in the loaf pans on a rack for about 10 minutes, then remove loaves from pans and cool completely on rack.

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Nutrition Facts

Per Serving Per 100 g

Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories	942.36 Kcal (3945 kJ)
Calories from fat	363.87 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	40.43g	62%
Cholesterol	146.01mg	49%
Sodium	508.92mg	21%
Potassium	697.13mg	15%
Total Carbs	134.09g	45%
Sugars	75.38g	302%
Dietary Fiber	4.62g	18%
Protein	14.05g	28%
Vitamin C	0.5mg	1%
Vitamin A	0.4mg	12%
Iron	3.3mg	18%
Calcium	112.4mg	11%

Amount Per 100 g
Calories	375.71 Kcal (1573 kJ)
Calories from fat	145.07 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	16.12g	62%
Cholesterol	58.21mg	49%
Sodium	202.9mg	21%
Potassium	277.94mg	15%
Total Carbs	53.46g	45%
Sugars	30.05g	302%
Dietary Fiber	1.84g	18%
Protein	5.6g	28%
Vitamin C	0.2mg	1%
Vitamin A	0.1mg	12%
Iron	1.3mg	18%
Calcium	44.8mg	11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

21.4

Points
26

PointsPlus

Good Points

saturated fat free

Bad Points

High in Sodium,
High in Sugar

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