Thursday, 1 March 2012

Welsh Bara Brith/Tea Bread Recipe



Happy St David's Day! Bara Brith is also known Tea Bread, Yorkshire Tea Bread or Irish Tea Bread. But as today is St David's Day we will call it Bara Brith. It's a lovely tea time snack.
Cook time: c.1hr
Bara Brith Ingredients:
One mug of brown sugar
Two mugs of dried fruit (mixed or whatever you prefer)
One mug of hot tea
One beaten egg
Two mugs of self raising flour
Other Variations of Bara Brith - try adding
a mashed banana, ground almonds, a handful of porridge oats, some cherries or mixed spice  
Bara Brith Method:
Pour tea over sugar and dried fruit, give it a whirl and leave overnight preferably or a couple of hours if you can't wait! Stir in one beaten egg and two mugs of SR flour. Now add in any extra ingredients i.e. mashed banana (see above). Put into a loaf tin and bake at around 150 degrees for round about an hour. Don't worry about this recipe it usually works out, no matter what you throw in! This bread is fabulous warm from the oven with a little salted butter. Or, if you are able to allow it to cool, save it for the next day where it will be even tastier!
If you like this recipe then you might also like Dave's Bread Pudding Recipe or My Mom's All Bran Loaf Recipe.
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