Fruity Bread

We've been making our own bread for years now as it tastes so much nicer than the supermarket stuff! My hubby likes bread for breakfast and I'll have it occassionally too so this is a recipe I often make for our 'breakfast bread'. It's open to endless variation of the ingredients - different flours, fruit, nuts, spices, etc. A lot of recipes use sugar or honey to mix with the yeast and liquid but you don't really need it in my experience.

Cinnamon and Sultana Plait

Ingredients
500 g plain flour
500 g wholemeal flour
2 tsp salt
2 tsp quick yeast (I use Doves farm's one)
2 tsp cinnamon
lots of sultana's - as much as you fancy
1 egg
approx 500 ml of warm liquid (I use half water/half milk)

Recipe
1. Put all the dry ingredients in a bowl (including the yeast and sultanas).
2. Add the egg.
3. Begin to add the liquid, mixing well, until you have a soft, sticky dough that comes away from the bowl. You may need more or less liquid depending on your flour so don't just add all the liquid at once!
4. Knead well for 5-10 mins.
5. Cover with a damp cloth and leave to rise for approx two hours until doubled in size.
6. Grease a large baking sheet.
7. Knock back dough and knead for a few minutes.
8. Divide into three and form a long 'sausage' from each.
9. Put on baking tray and plait to form your bread. Dust with plain flour (if you wish).
10. Cover with a damp cloth and leave to rise for approx an hour.
11. Preheat oven to gas 6 (200 deg C / 400 deg F).
12. Bake loaf for approx 40 mins til crusty. If in doubt insert a skewer to check it's not still 'doughy' inside.