Holiday Rum Loaf Bread Machine Recipes

Steps:

• Into 1-cup measuring cup, break 1 egg. Add enough water to measure 1 cup. Measure carefully, placing egg mixture and remaining bread ingredients in bread machine pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer.
• Select Sweet or Basic/White cycle. Use Medium or Light crust color. Do not use delay cycle.
• In small bowl, mix all topping ingredients. About 40 to 50 minutes before bread is finished, lift cover of bread machine and carefully brush topping on top of loaf. Close lid to continue with cycle. Remove baked bread from pan; cool on cooling rack.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm milk. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
• In a large bowl, combine the yeast mixture with the egg, white sugar, salt, butter, and 2 cups bread flour; beat well. Add the remaining flour, 1/4 cup at a time, stirring well after each addition. When the dough has begun to pull together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead in the currants, raisins, dried cherries, and citrus peel. Continue kneading until smooth, about 8 minutes.
• Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowl, and turn to coat with oil. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 1 hour.
• Lightly grease a cookie sheet. Deflate the dough and turn it out onto a lightly floured surface. Roll the marzipan into a rope and place it in the center of the dough. Fold the dough over to cover it; pinch the seams together to seal. Place the loaf, seam side down, on the prepared baking sheet. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise until doubled in volume, about 40 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C), and bake for a further 30 to 40 minutes, or until golden brown. Allow loaf to cool on a wire rack. Dust the cooled loaf with confectioners' sugar, and sprinkle with the cinnamon.

Steps:

• Add water, 3 eggs, butter, salt, flour, 2 Tablespoons sugar and yeast to bread machine pan in the order suggested by manufacturer.
• Select dough/manual cycle. When cycle is complete, remove dough from machine to a lightly floured surface.
• If necessary, knead in enough flour to make dough easy to handle.
• Shape into rolls as desired.
• Cover and let rise in a warm, draft-free place until almost doubled in size, 20-30 minutes.
• Combine lightly beaten egg and 1 tablespoon sugar, brush onto tops.
• Bake at 375°F for 12-14 minutes or until done.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, pour rum over raisins. Let stand for 30 minutes and drain.
• Place ingredients in pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Use the regular setting for a 1 pound loaf.
• If your machine has a Fruit setting, add the raisins at the signal, or about 5 minutes before the kneading cycle has finished.

Steps:

• Measure all ingredients except raisins into baking pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer.
• Insert pan into the oven chamber.
• Select Sweet Cycle.
• Add raisins at the "add ingredient" signal.
• When the baking cycle ends, immediately remove the bread from the pan and place it on a wire rack.
• Let cool to room temperature before slicing.

Steps:

• In bread machine pan, place the first seven ingredients in order suggested by manufacturer. Select basic bread setting. Choose crust color and loaf size if available. Bake according to bread machine directions (check dough after 5 minutes of mixing; add 1 to 2 tablespoons of water or flour if needed)., Just before the final kneading (your bread machine may audibly signal this), add the raisins, currants and lemon zest. In a small bowl, combine glaze ingredients; drizzle over cooled bread.

Steps:

• Measure all ingredients except raisins and walnuts into baking pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer.
• Insert pan into the oven.
• Select Sweet Cycle.
• Add raisins and walnuts at the "add ingredient" signal.
• When the baking cycle ends, immediately remove the bread from the pan and place it on a wire rack.
• Let cool to room temperature before slicing.