Orange Bread

Ingredients:

1/2 oz yeast

2 tablespoons tepid water

1 teaspoon sugar

2 oz butter or substitute

1 teaspoon salt

3 tablespoons golden syrup

1 oz brown sugar

3 oz rolled oats

1/4 pint boiling water

cold water

8 oz flour

crystallised orange slices

1 orange

Method:

Cream yeast and sugar, bind with tepid water in bowl. Set in a warm place until bubbly. Combine butter, salt, syrup, brown sugar , oats and grated orange rind in a large bowl.

Add boiling water and orange juice, made up to 1/4 pint with cold water.

Add yeast mixture and blend.

Add flour gradually and mix to soft dough. Knead dough on floured board until smooth.

Place in a greased bowl and brush with melted butter.

Cover and let rise in warm place until double in bulk. About an hour.

Shape dough into a loaf and place in a greased loaf tin.

Let rise again until double in bulk. Sprinkle on a few oats and bake in a hot oven for 15 minutes, reduce temperature to moderate and bake 30 minutes longer or until cooked.

Remove from tin and cool, decorate with crystallied orange slices.

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