Bara Brith (Currant Bread) Welsh

Instructions

1. 1

   Soak the fruit and candied peel in the warm water with the spice. Leave to steep in a warm place.

2. 2

   Use the warm spicy, strained water to mix the dough.

3. 3

   Sift the flour and salt and rub in the lard

4. 4

   Cream the yeast with the sugar and a little of the spiced water

5. 5

   Mix this into the flour, together with the eggs

6. 6

   Use enough of the water to give a firm, yet elastic dough. Knead well

7. 7

   Leave to rise and knock back

8. 8

   Blend in the drained fruit and knead again

9. 9

   Shape the dough into loaves and set into greased 1 lb tins in a warm place to prove

10. 10

    Bake, reducing the temperature after the first 15 minutes