Bishop'S Bread

Name: Bishop'S Bread
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups flour, plus some to coat pans; 1 1/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon clove; 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup butter; 1/2 cup chopped nuts; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 cup buttermilk; 2 eggs, beaten; 1 cup raisins, currants (or other dried or candied fruit)

12 ingredients

4 steps

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups flour, plus some to coat pans
1 1/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon clove
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup raisins, currants (or other dried or candied fruit)

Directions

1

Heat oven to 350*. Grease and flour 2 loaf pans (8x4).
2

Combine 2 1/2 cups flour, brown sugar, spices and salt in a mixing bowl. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in nuts. Remove 1/2 cup of the mixture and set aside.
3

Mix baking soda into remaining flour mixture, then beat in buttermilk and eggs. Stir fruit into batter just enough to moisten.
4

Scrape batter into prepared pans, and sprinkle with reserved flour mixture. Bake about 35 minutes, until loaves test done with a toothpick. Remove from pans and cool on a rack.