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Just Loafing Around

This recipe is for my mate Kristan, who requested it after I posted a picture on Twitter etc.

Edmonds Cook Book* Fruit Loaf:

Ingredients:

1 cup dried fruit - raisins, sultanas, currents, cranberries, dates etc. you can just use one typ or mix it up
1 tablespoon of butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons golden syrup
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup boiling water
2 cups standard plain flour or wholemeal flour
1 teaspoon baking powder

Put dried fruit, butter, sugar, syrup and salt in a bowl. Sprinkle baking soda over. Add water. When butter has melted (or longer, I normally leave for about 30 mins so the fruit gets nice and soft), sift in flour and baking powder. Mix quickly.

Put in a greased 22cm loaf tin. Bake at 180C for 40 mins, or until loaf springs back when lightly touched. Leave in tin for 10 mins before turning out onto a wire rack.

Serve with butter when warm and a cup of tea.

*The Edmonds Cook Book is a New Zealand tradition, it's an Edwardian cook book aimed at beginner cookers, much like the famous Mrs Beetons cook book from the UK, except it feature a lot less jellied dead sea creatures.

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