Fruit Bread

It's almost Christmas so let's spread the Christmas flavors.

Here is number one....

Fruit bread? Shouldn't that be more a summer recipe?
No, absolutely not!
Although it's called fruit bread, it has as many nuts as fruits and all the fruits are dried. So it's totally winter and Christmas suited.

It contains apricots, raisins, dates and figs plus all the nuts. The batter is very little compared to the nuts and fruits. But that is exactly the speciality about it. You only have the batter to hold the other ingredients together and make them look like bread.

When it's completely baked it's the best to eat it with some buttery spread. But of course you can also enjoy it plain right from the oven.

Fruit Bread
Makes one 9x5-inch loaf

Ingredients: 
3/4 cups whole almonds (125g)
3/4 cups whole hazelnuts (120g)
1 + 2/3 cups raisins (250g)
4.6 oz dried and chopped apricots (125g)
4.6 oz dried and chopped figs (125g)
4.6 oz chopped dates (125g)
5/8 cups sugar (125g)
1 1/3 cups all purpose flour (125g)
1 tsp baking powder
3 eggs
1 tsp cinnamon
2 tbsp rum

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 375 F and grease bottom and sides of one 9x5-inch loaf pan; dust with flour, tapping out excess.
Combine all nuts and fruits in a large bowl. Set aside
In another bowl cream together the flour, sugar, eggs, baking powder cinnamon and rum. Then combine the batter with the fruit nut mixture.
Pour batter into the prepared pan and bake in the oven for 90 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.