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Apricot and oatmeal tea bread
This is an easy bread to make with no kneading required. And full of natural goodness. Eat on its own or with butter.
What you need
- 75 g butter
- 175 g ready-to-eat dried apricots, finely chopped
- 100 g soft light brown sugar
- 2 tsp finely grated orange rind
- 225 ml orange juice
- 3 tsp lemon juice
- 100 g porridge oats
- 100 g white self-raising flour
- 100 g wholemeal self-raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 50 g sultanas
- 2 large eggs, beaten
Method
Preheat oven to 160°C. Lightly grease and flour a 1 kg loaf tin.
Melt the butter or margarine. Add the apricots, sugar and orange rind to the hot fat. Leave to cool.
Pour the orange and lemon juice over the apricots. Add the rolled oats with the two kinds of flour, sifted with the baking powder. Add the sultanas. Mix thoroughly. Add the beaten eggs and blend with the rest of the ingredients.
Spoon into the loaf tin.
Bake for 1 1/1 days, or until golden brown and firm. Turn out onto a wire cooling tray and leave to cool. Serve in slices.
Serving suggestion
Cook's tip
If you don't have self-raising flour, sift plain flour with 1 teaspoon of baking powder.
| Per portion | Per 100g | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy (kj) | 11726 | 1047 | 10475 | 8350 |
| Energy (kcal) | 2803 | 250 | 2500 | 2000 |
| Protein (g) | 56.7 | 5.06 | ||
| Carbohydrate (g) | 486 | 43.4 | 345 | 275 |
| Fat (g) | 79.2 | 7.08 | 95 | 70 |
| Fat (saturated) (g) | 42.2 | 3.77 | ||
| Fibre (g) | 35.0 | 3.13 | ||
| Sodium (mg) | 4708 | 420 | ||
| Salt (equivalent) (g) | 11.8 | 1.05 | 7 | 5 |
| Per Portion | Per 100g | RDA | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vitamin A (µg) | 3653 | 326 | 800 |
| Vitamin B-12 (µg) | 0.97 | 0.09 | 1 |
| Vitamin B-6 (mg) | 3.37 | 0.30 | 2 |
| Vitamin C (mg) | 134 | 12.0 | 60 |
| Vitamin D (µg) | 117 | 10.5 | 266 |
| Vitamin E (mg) | 6.11 | 0.55 | 10 |
| Zinc (mg) | 7.06 | 0.63 | 15 |
| Calcium (mg) | 1873 | 167 | 800 |
| Folate (mcg) | 731 | 65.4 | 200 |
| Iron (mg) | 45.2 | 4.04 | 14 |
| Magnesium (mg) | 353 | 31.6 | 300 |
| Niacin (mg) | 37.8 | 3.38 | 18 |
| Pantothenic acid (mg) | 5.24 | 0.47 | 6 |
| Riboflavin (mg) | 2.71 | 0.24 | 1.6 |
| Phosphorous (mg) | 2604 | 232 | 800 |
| Thiamin (mg) | 3.58 | 0.32 | 1.4 |
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