Instructions: Tea bread - vegetarian lifestyle recipe book

• Add the yeast and sugar to the slightly warmed milk and stand until it starts working.
• Rub the fat into the flour until it is like fine breadcrumbs.
• Mix in the spices and dried fruit and peel.
• Add the working liquid to the flour mix and mix together, then knead into a soft dough.
• Leave to prove in a warm place for about 1 hour.
• Knead the dough lightly.
• Form the dough into 8 small balls and place on a greased tray.
• Cover with an oiled polythene sheet and leave to prove again in a warm place for about 30 minutes.
• Bake in a preheated oven, gas mark 6, 400F, 200C, for 20 minutes until golden brown.