Spice Bread

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Spice Bread

Servings: 8 10 oz Flour 2 t Baking powder 1/2 t Baking soda 1 t Mixed spice* 1/2 t Ground ginger 4 oz Light brown sugar 2 oz Chopped candied peel 6 oz Raisins, plain or golden 4 oz Butter 6 oz Golden syrup ** 1 x Large egg, beaten 4 T Milk * Equal parts of cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice. ** Lyons' Golden Syrup, carried in some fancy groceries. If you can't find it, use Karo golden corn syrup. Sift the flour with the soda and baking powder, and the mixed spice and ginger: then add the brown sugar, chopped peel and raisins: mix. Make a well in the center. Melt the butter with the syrup over low heat, then pour into the well in the mixture. Add the beaten egg and milk and mix very well. Pour into a greased 2-lb loaf pan and bake in a preheated oven at 325 F for 40-50 minutes, or until it tests done. This bread will keep moist for several days, and actually improves somewhat during this period.In 1983 the drug company Pfizer carried out a study to test the efficiency of animal tests. Human findings were compared with experimental data from rats and mice for all chemicals known to cause cancer in people. In most cases animal tests had given the wrong answers. The report concluded that we would have been better off to toss a coin! (D. Salsburg, Fundamental & Applied Toxicology, 1983, vol. 3, 63-67.)

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