Bavarian Christmas Bread
Source of Recipe
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List of Ingredients
Bavarian Christmas Bread
3/4 cup milk
1/4 cup water
2 tablespoons margarine or butter -- cut up
1 tablespoon milk
3 cups bread flour
2 tablespoons sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground mace
1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
1 teaspoon active dry yeast or bread machine yeast
1/2 cup snipped pitted prunes or dark raisins
1/3 cup chopped hazelnuts
GLAZE:
2/3 cup sifted powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 teaspoons milk -- (2 to 3)
Recipe
Add the first 12 ingredients to the bread machine pan according to manufacturer's directions for a 1-1/2-pound loaf.
Select the basic white bread cycle.
If desired, for powdered sugar icing, in a small mixing bowl stir together powdered sugar and vanilla.
Stir in enough of the 2 to 3 teaspoons milk to make an icing of drizzling consistency.
Drizzle over cooled loaf.
Makes 16 servings.