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Fruit Bread, Glarus Style (Glarner Fruchtebro

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Category: Swiss, Breads, Desserts

 Ingredients List

  • 1 Package yeast
  • 3/4 c Milk
  • 3/4 c Water
  • 4 tb Butter
  • 3 c Flour
  • 1 ts Salt

 Directions

FOR THE FILLING
12 oz Dried pears
6 oz Dried prunes, pitted
2/3 c Raisins
3/4 c Walnuts, coarsely chopped
1 tb Kirsch
2 1/2 tb Sugar
1 pn Ground cloves
1 pn Nutmeg
1 Egg yolk

Dissolve yeast in lukewarm milk: add melted butter. Sift flour with the
salt. Add milk to flour. Knead until smooth, allow to rise in covered
bowl in a warm place, about 1 hour. Soak pears and prunes overnight in cold
water. Cook in the soaking water about 20 minutes, drain off water and put
fruit through a meat grinder. Add coarsely chopped nuts to the fruit
mixture. Soak raisins in kirsch: add to the mixture, along with sugar and
spices. Knead mixture into one-third of the dough, and shape into two
narrow loaves. Roll out remaining dough, cut into two rectangles, and wrap
around the fruit loaves. Fold the ends under and place on metal baking
sheet with the seam on the bottom. Prick several times with a fork. Allow
to rise in a warm place for one hour. Brush with egg yolk and bake in a
pre-heated 340F oven for about one hour.



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