Does anyone have a tried and tested recipie for fruit malt loaf?

Thanks Lorna x

Hi Lorna,

Here is a scrummy recipe for Malt and Sultana loaf, I substitute any dried fruit I've got in stock for the sultanas.

Put 360g (12oz) organic strong white flour in a bowl with 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp salt, 3 tbsp malt extract, 175g (7 oz) sultanas, 1 tbsp sunflower oil and 2 tbsp muscovado sugar. Sprinkle on a 1 x 7g sachet of fast acting dried yeast, and mix to a soft dough with 200 ml (7 fl oz) warm water. Knead on floured board for 10 mins.

Shape into a large loaf and place in a greased loaf tin 12cm x 22 cm  (I  just shape it into a round and slap it on a greased baking tray though)! Leave to prove in a warm place until double in size.

Bake at 190 deg C/375 deg F/gas mark 5 for 30 mins. You can glaze with runny honey while still warm, although I don't.

Enjoy!

I've been looking for a recipe for this!!  When you say malt extract, you don't really mean Marmite do you?

Tee hee, no Wodgehog, Marmite is YEAST extract!!

You can get malt extract in health food shops, I got some from Goodness Direct on the internet, it usually comes in jars and looks a bit like syrup. Whatever you do, don't put marmite in your malt loaf, it'll taste foul!  You've given me a chuckle though!

I'm not comming to your house if you put marnite in the fruit loaf. (lmao) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Malt extract not yeast extract.

I think that rates with the apple pie my mum bought that had salt instead of sugar on top.

Lorna XXX

Ooo ladies, remind me not to come to dinner at either of your houses  ;D

Mind you dd asked for marmite on her porrage the other morning. I refused. I'm all for a body giving us messages and following our intuition, but surely this was just *too* far  :o

Lordy, I'm a muppet!!  Got my extracts mixed up.  I thought it was a strange thing to put into that!!  Mind you, I remember my dad saying that I should put Bisto into a Christmas cake to give it colour.   :o  He was being serious too!  I'm definitely going to try this recips, it sounds lovely!

Tee hee, you reminded me of that woman from The Vicar of Dibley who used to cook all those strange recipes, marmite malt loaf would have been just her thing!!! :D

Thanks Tayberry
the bread went down a treat!
Lorna x