Rosemary and Sultana Bread

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Breakfast Loaf, Fresh from the oven, Honey, Rosemary, Sultana

This light textured bread is subtly flavoured with rosemary and honey, and although it contains a lot of sultanas, is not overly sweet. I thought it would be ideal for this month’s challenge on Fresh from the Oven, hosted by La Cuisine de Sarah, which was to make a fruited breakfast bread.

Although Rosemary is often thought of as a savory herb, it works beautifully in sweet recipes too. In this bread, it plays a quite understated role, and if you didn’t know it was there, you might wonder what exactly was lending that interesting undertone to the smell and flavour of the bread.

Two Rye Loaves

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Bread, Caraway, Honey, Lavender, Raisin, Rye

This is my take on two recipes from Richard Bertinet’s Dough that I’ve had my eye on for some time. I decided to kill two birds with one stone and make them both from the same batch of dough, which necessitated some adjustment to the recipes. His Honey and Lavender Loaf is made with a brown dough and is very big; mine is half the size and uses a rye dough. His Caraway and Raisin Bread does not contain any honey, but I thought it would not be ruined if it did.