Bread Machine Bavarian Christmas Bread Recipe

ingredients

3/4 cup milk
1/4 cup water
2 tablespoons margarine or butter, cut up
1 tablespoon kirsch or 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 extract
2 teaspoons milk

directions

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 milk to make an icing of drizzling consistency. Drizzle over cooled loaf.

nutrition data

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