Christmas Bread Recipe

Christmas bread is such a delicious and filling Christmas Treat. I prefer to eat it with just butter or butter and cheese, but I know some people who like it best with different kinds of jam. Traditionally its made with citron, but I have decided to not include it in my recipe because a) I don’t like it so much and b) I do not think we have it (but to be honest I didn’t check…)

Ingredients

Dry:

500 g flour
100 g sugar
12 g dry yeast = 50 g of fresh yeast
2/3 tsp ground cardamom
1/3 tsp salt

Wet:

3.5 dl milk
100 g melted butter
1 egg

Other:

100 g raisins
Optional: 100 g citron

Instructions

Mix all the dry ingredients together
In a new bowl, mix all the wet ingredients together
Use a mixer to mix these together
Let it rise for minimum of 30 minutes
Add 100 g raisins
Add the flour to the right consistency
Optional: Divide the dough into two pieces of bread*
Let it rise again for 45 min
Brush with a beaten egg
Bake at 180 degrees for about 40 minutes*

*When I was done baking I thought my bread was too big, so next time I will divide my dough into two pieces. Please note this will change the baking time, I would start with 15-20 minutes and just go from there…