Ingredients
½ cup milk, room temperature¼ cup unsalted butter, room temp, cut into ½-inch pieces2 large eggs, room temp2½ teaspoons orange zest¾ teaspoon salt¼ cup granulated sugar2¾ cups bread flour1 teaspoon anise seed½ teaspoon ground nutmeg2 teaspoons yeast, active dry, instant or bread machine¾ cup mixed fruit (both dried and candied citrus)
Preparation
Place the milk, butter, egg(s), zest, salt, sugar, bread flour, anise seed, nutmeg and yeast, in the order listed, in the bread pan fitted with the kneading paddle. Secure the bread pan in the Cuisinart® Automatic Bread Maker. Press the menu button to select the Sweet program. Press loaf size and crust color buttons to select both size and crust preference. Press Start/Stop to mix, knead, rise, and bake. When the mix-in tone sounds, add the mixed fruit. If desired, when paddle signal sounds remove dough and kneading paddle, reshape dough and replace in bread pan. When the cycle is complete, remove the bread pan from the machine and transfer bread to a wire rack to cool completely before slicing.
