Bara Brith

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Description

Bara brith is a traditional Welsh tea bread that's moist, sweet, and rich with dried fruit. It is simply delicious, thickly sliced with butter!

Ingredients

1 cup hot brewed tea
3/4 cup dried currants
3/4 cup golden raisins
3/4 cup demerara sugar
1 1/4 cups self-rising flour
1 egg, beaten

Directions

1 Pour hot tea over currants and raisins in a bowl; soak 8 hours to overnight.
2 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and line a 2-pound loaf pan.
3 Stir demerara sugar into tea and fruit mixture until dissolved completely; mix in flour and egg until completely integrated into a batter. Spread batter evenly into the prepared pan.
4 Bake in preheated oven until golden-brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool in the pan briefly before transferring to a rack to cool completely.