Buttermilk Fruit Bread (bread machine) by frick

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Buttermilk Fruit Bread
Submitted by frick on January 25, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Source: Marjie Lambert, "The Bread Machine Book"

I used about 2 generous tablespoons each of dried cherries, raisins, apricots cut about the same size and a whole large dried nectarine, cut up (they were in a pkg. from Trader Joe's). The cherries and raisins were very dry and hard so I soaked them first (and drained). The recipe seems a bit odd, but I made it as directed, except where I note the changes.

For 1 1/2 lb. loaf:
7/8 cup buttermilk
1 egg
3 Tbs. butter (I don't bother with unsalted butter); there was NOT too much.
3 Tbs. sugar
3/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda (this is the strange part)
3/4 tsp cinnamon (I increased to 1 tsp)
2 1/4 cups bread flour
3/4 cup whole wheat flour (I used White whole wheat)
2 1/4 tsp yeast (I used 1 3/4) & it rose like crazy
1/2 cup coarsely chopped dried fruit (I increased it by maybe 2 Tbs.)

I whisked the egg with the buttermilk; whisked the dry ingredients together well because I was suspicious of the baking soda.

I threw it all in the Zo except the fruit which was added at the beep. There were no baking instructions except in the machine, so I just used my standby all purpose: 350F; 15 minutes, turn the pan around, 20 minutes more.

In the future, one might add 1 more Tbs. sugar; and maybe reduce the yeast a bit (maybe).

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