Spiced Fruit Bread With Candied Citron

Ingredients

• 2 lbs flour
• 3/4 cup Crisco
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 cups milk
• 1 cake yeast
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup sultana raisins
• 1 cup currants
• 1/2 cup seeded raisins
• 1/2 cup chopped candied citron peel
• 1 tsp powdered ginger
• 1/2 tsp powdered mace

Method

1. 1 Heat Crisco in milk, then cool. Dissolve yeast cake in a little sugar and stir into the milk mixture.
2. 2 Stir in flour and salt. Allow dough to rise for four hours.
3. 3 Mix sugar, fruit, peel, and spices into the risen dough. Let rise again.
4. 4 Divide dough into two greased loaf tins. Allow to rise for fifteen minutes.
5. 5 Bake in a 350°F oven for one and a half hours.