Honey bread, Christmas bread, spice bread

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 250 g honey
• 250 g flour
• 100 g sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 packet of baking powder
• 100 ml milk
• 1 tsp anise powder, green or star anise
• 1 tsp cinnamon powder
• 1 tsp ginger powder
• 1 tsp clove pepper
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 1 packet of vanilla sugar or vanilla sugar
• Butter for the mold
• Flour for the mold

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Rest period approx. 1 day; Cooking/baking time approx. 1 hour 15 minutes; Total time approx. 1 day 1 hour 30 minutes

Guaranteed to succeed. Breakfast bread, also great as a gingerbread with sauce.

Mix the spices. Place the flour, baking powder, sugar, vanilla sugar, and the spices in a bowl and mix. Heat the honey (easiest in the microwave). Pour the hot honey into the bowl, add it to the other ingredients, and mix vigorously using the dough hook of a hand mixer. Gradually add the eggs and milk (room temperature). Butter a 30 cm loaf pan, sprinkle with flour, and pour in the dough. Place the pan in a cold (!) oven and bake at 160°C for about 75 minutes. Let the honey bread cool completely and only remove it from the pan once it has cooled. Wrap the bread in aluminum foil and wait 24 hours before eating. The spices can also be swapped out by omitting some and adding others instead, such as cardamom, coriander seeds, or fennel seeds. This recipe can be varied to perfection by adding dried fruit, nuts, orange juice, or rum. The bread is excellent in sauces for game dishes or sauerbraten; simply crumble a slice (like gingerbread) into the sauce. It can be stored wrapped in aluminum foil for up to a week.