Fruit Bread with a Fibre Boost

A delicious fruit loaf with the added goodness of nuts and seeds to boost the fibre!

Ingredients

• 400g high grade (or strong bread) flour

• 1 tsp salt

• 1 tbsp caster sugar

• 10g fast action dried yeast

• 160mls milk (luke-warm)

• 100mls water (luke-warm)

• 1 tsp ground cinnamon

• 2 tsps mixed spice

• Zest of 2 oranges

• 1 cup sultanas

• ½ cup cranberries

• ½ cup pumpkin seeds

• ¼ cup chia or poppy seeds 

How to make

1. Put flour, salt, sugar, yeast, milk and water into a large bowl.

2. Mix together until combined.

3. Knead for 8-10 minutes until smooth and stretchy.

4. If you have taken the dough out of the bowl, put it back in, cover the bowl with a tea towel and then leave to double in size, this will take about an hour.

5. When the dough has risen, sprinkle over the dried fruit and seeds and knead into the dough.

6. Put the dough onto a greased baking tray in whatever shape you would like your final loaf to be, cover in cling film or put a piece of baking paper on top then cover with a tea towel.

7. Leave the dough to double in size again for another hour.

8. Cook in a pre-heated oven at 210 degrees C for 25-30 minutes.

Adapt it

You can use whatever dried fruit you like – chopped apricots, figs and dates all work well. The same goes for the seeds - mix them up however you like. A few walnuts are a nice addition to this loaf too.