Fruitcake Bread

Photo: flickr user NatalieMaynor

Ingredients

cup Warm Water

2 tablespoons Vegetable Oil

cup Flour

cup Brown Sugar -- packed

teaspoon Salt

teaspoon Nutmeg

teaspoon Cloves

teaspoon Active Dry Yeast

teaspoon Quick Acting Dry Yeast

cup Dried Fruit -- chopped

Preparation

Place all ingredients in bread pan for bread maker, placing wet ingredients in pan first, then dry ingredients, reserving yeast and spices for last. Do not add dried fruit at this time. Insert bread pan into bread maker. Select

"Sweet, Light, Large/Small, & Start". Add dried fruit to bread pan about 15 minutes after bread maker starts. (This recipe is for a 1 1/2 pound loaf. )

Amounts for a 1 pound loaf are:3/4 cup water1 Tbsp. vegetable oil2 cups flour1 Tbsp. brown sugar1 tsp. salt1/8 tsp. nutmegdash cloves1 3/4 tsp. active dry yeastOR 1 1/2 tsp. quick acting dry yeast1/3 cup chopped dried fruit

(You can use this and other bread maker recipes just as you would a regular bread recipe. Just follow directions of a regular bread recipe and adjust for the ingredients in the bread maker recipe which you are using.)