Grandma's fruit bread

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 300 g pear(s), dried
• 300 g prunes, pitted
• 300 g fig(s), dried
• 300 g apricot(s), dried
• 100 g walnuts, coarsely chopped
• 200 g almond sticks
• 100 g candied lemon
• 100 g candied orange peel
• 500 g raisins
• 200 g hazelnuts
• 250 g sugar
• 1 tbsp cinnamon powder
• 1 tsp clove powder
• 1 tbsp anise
• 1 orange(s), juice and grated peel
• 1 lemon(s), juice and grated peel
• 250 ml schnapps (fruit brandy)
• 250 g flour
• 30 g yeast
• 125 ml milk, lukewarm
• 1 tbsp sugar
• ½ tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 100 g butter, soft

Instructions

Working time approx. 40 minutes; Rest time approx. 12 hours; Total time approx. 12 hours 40 minutes

great as a pre-Christmas gift, for 8 small loaves

Place the pears in a saucepan and cover with water, bring to a boil, and let stand overnight. The next day, finely chop the pears along with the prunes, figs, and apricots. Mix these pieces with the candied orange and lemon peel, raisins, nuts, walnuts, almonds, sugar, spices, juice, and fruit brandy in a large bowl. Mix the remaining ingredients into a runny yeast dough and mix this dough into the mixture as a “glue.” Place 4 small loaves on each of 2 baking sheets, pressing the mixture together slightly, and let rise for 15 minutes. Bake at 225°C for 50-60 minutes, covering with aluminum foil towards the end if necessary. Once cooled, wrap each loaf individually in aluminum foil and let rest for at least 1 week.