Description
This is a recipe from my Polish grandmother. It is a semi-sweet bread that tastes wonderful with a little butter. I grew up on this stuff and it has always been one of my favorites.
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon ground allspice
- 4 eggs
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup honey
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup raisins (Optional)
- ½ cup chopped walnuts (Optional)
Instructions
- In a large bowl
- mix the sugar
- cinnamon
- cloves
- allspice
- and eggs. Stir in the milk and oil
- and mix in the baking soda. Place honey in a small pot
- and bring to a boil. Stir honey into the bowl. Mix flour into the bowl. Fold in the raisins and walnuts. Stir by hand with a sturdy spoon for 10 minutes. Allow the dough to sit 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease four 8×4 inch loaf pans.
- Fill each loaf pan with about 2 inches of the batter. Bake 1 hour 15 minutes in the preheated oven
- until a toothpick inserted in the center of a loaf comes out clean. Bread will be brown in color and will crack on top.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins
Servings: 32