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Raisin bread

Tea breads, half-way between bread and a cake are popular for tea, as they keep well and can be made in advance. Soda bread is a good substitute for yeast bread in an emergency, and can be made shortly before it is required.

Instructions

I worked on 9 strands at a time, letting them relax before rolling and stretching it a bit further. In all, it took us about an hour to finish. We braided the stands then coiled them around a stainless steel bowl that we covered in tinfoil.

Bread Basket Chef baked them in a hot oven until the dough set, then removed thce metal bowls and inverted the basket to dry out the inside. When she removed them from the oven, the outside was browned but the inside was still a bit soft, so we finished drying them at home. I'm not all that excited about this product: while it's edible and interesting to admire, I much prefer something I can eat.

Ingredients

• 5^ml bicarbonate of soda
• 2.5^ml cream of tartar
• 275^g plain flour
• 100^g butter
• 2.5^ml ground ginger
• 5^ml ground mace
• 2.5^ml ground all spice