Pain D'epices - Burgundian Spice Bread

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups runny honey
• 4 cups flour
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped candied orange peel
• 1 teaspoon ground aniseed
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 egg yolks
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 tablespoon water

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 250f / 120°c.
• 2 heat the milk, sugar and honey in a saucepan, stir until the sugar dissolves. bring it just to the boil, and then set aside until tepid.
• 3 sift the flour into a bowl and make a well in the center. add three quarters of the cooled honey mixture and stir with a wooden spoon, gradually drawing in the flour to make a smooth batter.
• 4 in a small bowl, mix the candied peel, spices and salt. stir in the remaining honey mixture and add it to the batter, stir until smooth. cover and refrigerate the batter for 8-12 hours.
• 5 butter the loaf pans (2 medium loaf pans - 20x8x8 cm), you can also line them with grease-proof paper and butter the paper.
• 6 to complete the batter, mix the egg yolks and baking soda with the water in a small bowl. stir this mixture into the batter.
• 7 spoon the batter into the pans, filling them half full - the batter rises quite a bit during baking - a cover them loosely with foil.
• 8 bake for 30 minutes, then remove the foil. continue baking for approx 1 ½ to 1 ¾ hours more, or until a skewer inserted near the center comes out clean.