Ingredients
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1/2 cup water (70º to 80ºF)
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1/3 cup evaporated milk
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2 tablespoons sugar
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3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
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1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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3 cups bread flour
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1 1/2 teaspoons bread machine yeast
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1/2 cup chopped or snipped pitted dates
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1/4 cup chopped mixed candied fruit
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1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar
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2 teaspoons evaporated milk
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1 egg
Instructions
- Measure all ingredients except dates, candied fruits and frosting into bread machine pan in the order that the bread machine manufacturer suggests.
- Process in sweet bread or dried fruit/nut cycle; if machine does not have these cycles, use basic bread cycle on lightest crust setting.
- Add dates and candied fruits at the signal or 5 to 10 minutes before the last kneading step ends.
- Remove baked bread from pan; cool on wire rack.
- Drizzle or pipe frosting on bread to make a cross.
- Powdered Sugar Frosting: In small bowl, combine sifted powdered sugar, 1 to 2 teaspoons evaporated milk and vanilla extract.
- Stir until smooth.