Black bread
Ingredients
- 450 g/1lb wholemeal flour
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- pinch of salt
- 300 ml/½pt milk
- 1 egg
- 300 ml/½pt black treacle
- 225 g/8oz dried fruit I used sultanas
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 175ºC/350ºF/Gas mark 4
- Grease a 1kg/2lb loaf tin
- In a large mixing bowl, sift the salt and bicarbonate with the flour
- Mix in the milk, egg and treacle before adding the dried fruit
- Pour the mixture into the greased loaf tin and bake for about an hour. If the top begins to look too dark, cover with tin foil
- Turn out on to a wire rack to cool
The original recipe says that this bread is best left for a month before cutting & consuming. We couldn't wait that long!
