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Ingredients
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1 lbfrozen bread dough, thawed
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1/2 ccandied mixed fruit
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1/2 cchopped walnuts
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1/4 cmincemeat
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1 cconfectioners' sugar
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4 tspmilk
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1/8 tspcardamon, ground
How to Make Christmas Bread
- On a lightly flowered board pull dough out until it is 12 inches long.
- Knead in the fruit, mincemeat and the nuts into the dough.
- With a sharp knife cut dough into 3 ropes, 12 inches long.
- Press the 3 ropes together on one end and braid on a greased cookiesheet. .
- Let rise in a warm (90 degree) place until double in bulk, about 1 1/2 hours.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.
- Cool.
- Combine the sugar, milk and cardamon, spread this glaze over bread.