Witchy Way wrote:
>
> oh yes! please post it! thank you! i love fruit/nut breads and even if
> this isnt the right one i still would love to have it to try for he
> hoidays!
>

Bishop's Bread (Bischofsbrot)


l cup boiling water (I use orange juice for extra flavor)

l cup raisins

l ounce butter

2 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 cup sugar (I use less, because the fruits are sweet)

3 large eggs

l cup chopped dried California apricots (Turkish apricots do not have
the same flavor or tartness)

l cup fruitcake fruit or chopped dried fruit according to which ones
you like (apples, prunes, peaches, pineapple, cherries, cranberries, etc)

1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips


Place raisins and butter into bowl and pour boiling water over it.
Put aside to soak.

In large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking soda and sugar. Stir to
combine. Beat the eggs slightly and add to the flour mixture. It
will be very dry. Add the raisins with the water. Stir until well
combined. Add all the other ingredients.

Grease two 8" x 4" loaf pans with butter and dust with flour. Divide
the batter between the two pans and bake in preheated 325 degree oven
for about 1, or until wooden toothpick inserted in the middle comes
out clean.

A cook book writer once wanted to include this recipe in a cookbook.
He wanted to call it "The Fruitcake For People Who Hate Fruitcake",
but he never wrote the book.