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Fruit loaf

Orla Walsh, RD

Orla Walsh is a Registered Dietitian and Physiologist. Orla is the founder of Orla Walsh Nutrition, she is the former performance nutritionist to the Irish Olympic team and is regular contributor for the Irish Independent newspaper, RTE and Newstalk FM.

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April 24, 2018
Bread-old

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Fruit loaf

Ingredients

Ingredients

250g wholemeal flour

250g white flour

2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp vanilla extract

300g raisins

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

500ml buttermilk

Instructions

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius

2. Smear a bread tin with butter to prevent the bread from sticking the loaf tin when cooked!

3. Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl. The add in the buttermilk and mix well.

4. Spoon into the loaf tin adn flatten the lop of it. Using a knife draw a criss cross in the top of the loaf.

5. Bake for 10 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius and a further 45 min at 180 degrees Celsius.

6. To know if it’s fully cooked, remove the loaf from the tin and knock on the bottom. If it sounds hollow it’s done!

Category Bread-old

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