Application Guide

HOLIDAY RAISIN BREAD WITH CANDIED PEELS
For centuries and centuries in places as diverse as the Middle East, India, China,
Egypt, and ancient Greece, people coated fruits with honey to preserve them. Candied
peels, known as frutti confetti, were considered a condiment and dessert; they served
as the final course of many a meal, as well as official presents for royalty and the pope
in the Middle Ages. Confectioners were considered artists just like sculptors, painters,
and goldsmiths. Candied citrus peels were an integral part of the food preservation
that was done in every household. Try making your own candied peels to use in this
bread (see Candied Grapefruit Peel). I especially like it spread with an orange Confec-
tioners’ Sugar Icing.
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-POUND LOAF
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8
cups milk
2 tablespoons honey
3 cups bread flour
1 tablespoon gluten 1
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2
teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons SAF yeast or 2
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teaspoons bread machine
yeast
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cup rum raisins
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cup chopped candied grapefruit peel or candied
lemon peel (opposite)
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cup chopped candied orange peel (opposite)
2-POUND LOAF
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