Candied Fruit Bread

Ingredients

• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 3 tablespoons butter , melted
• 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 0.5 teaspoons salt
• 0.25 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 0.75 cups white sugar
• 0.25 cups chopped pecans
• 0.25 cups chopped blanched almonds
• 0.25 cups chopped candied citron
• 0.25 cups currants
• 2 tablespoons chopped candied cherries
• 2 tablespoons chopped candied lemon peel

Instructions

1. 1

   Whisk eggs in a medium bowl. Mix in milk and melted butter until well combined.

2. 2

   Sift flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon into a large mixing bowl. Stir in sugar, pecans, almonds, citron, currants, cherries, and lemon peel until well combined. Add wet ingredients and stir just enough to blend. Pour batter into a generously greased 8x4-inch loaf pan. Let stand for 20 minutes.

3. 3

   Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

4. 4

   Bake in the center of the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 60 to 70 minutes. Remove from the oven and turn out onto a wire rack; let cool for 3 hours before slicing.