Raisin Bread

Ingredients

• 4 lb. flour.
• 2 lb. seeded raisins.
• 1 oz. salt.
• 1 pint milk (warm).
• 2 oz. sugar.
• 1 pint water (warm).
• 14 oz. compressed yeast.
• 2 oz. lard or butter.

Method

1. 1

   Sift and warm flour, make a hole in the middle, crumble yeast, sprinkle sugar, add warm water to make a batter.

2. 2

   Cover and stand for 15 minutes.

3. 3

   Mix in raisins, sugar, lard, and warm water to form a soft dough.

4. 4

   Knead, let rise, mold into loaves, and bake in a hot oven for about 1 hour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Australian sunshine cookery book for every housewife (1920) by Dried Fruits Industry Throughout Australia. Joint Publicity Committee, Australian Dried Fruits Association, Western Australian Dried Fruits Board, Victorian Dried Fruits Board, New South Wales Dried Fruits Board, South Australian Dried Fruits Board, page 4. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Raisin Bread. 4 lb. flour. 2 lb. seeded raisins. 1 oz. salt. 1 pint milk (warm). 2 oz. sugar. 1 pint water (warm). 14 oz. compressed yeast. 2 oz. lard or butter.

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