Candied Fruit Quick Bread

Candied Fruit Quick Bread

from allrecipes.com
285 min
8 servings
344 kcal / serving

This old family recipe for Christmas fruit bread is not as heavy as a traditional fruitcake, nor nearly as dense. Serve it plain or lightly toasted.

Ingredients

  • 2 largeeggs
  • 1 cupmilk
  • 3 tablespoonsbutter, melted
  • 2 cupssifted all-purpose flour
  • 4 teaspoonsbaking powder
  • ½ teaspoonsalt
  • ¼ teaspoonground cinnamon
  • ½ cupwhite sugar
  • ¼ cuppecans, roughly chopped
  • ¼ cupchopped blanched almonds
  • ¼ cupchopped candied citron
  • ¼ cupcurrants
  • 2 tablespoonschopped candied cherries
  • 2 tablespoonschopped candied lemon peel

Directions

  1. 1

    Whisk eggs in a medium bowl. Mix in milk and melted butter until well combined.

  2. 2

    Sift flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon into a large mixing bowl. Stir in sugar, pecans, almonds, citron, currants, cherries, and lemon peel until well combined. Add wet ingredients and stir just enough to blend. Pour batter into a generously greased 8x4-inch loaf pan. Let stand for 20 minutes.

  3. 3

    Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

  4. 4

    Bake in the center of the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 60 to 70 minutes. Remove from the oven and turn out onto a wire rack; let cool for 3 hours before slicing.