Red Tea and Dried Fruit European Bread

Flavor: Sweet; Technique: Baking; Time: Several hours; Difficulty: Moderate.

Detailed Steps for Making Red Tea and Dried Fruit European Bread

Prepare the dough ingredients.

Prepare the dried fruits. (Walnuts, raisins, cranberries, chop them slightly before use.)

Pour all ingredients except dried fruits and butter into the stand mixer.

Knead into a uniform dough, then add softened butter.

Knead until fully combined, and a thin, smooth film can be pulled out.

Add chopped dried fruits.

Continue kneading until the dough evenly wraps around all dried fruits. Then shape into a round and let it ferment.

Ferment until more than double in size.

Deflate the fermented dough, divide into four portions, then let it rest for 15 minutes before shaping into rounds and placing them in an oiled baking pan for the second fermentation.

Ferment until double in size. Dust with flour, then make cuts on top.

Place in a preheated oven, top and bottom heat at 180°C.

Around 20 minutes. Once done, cool on a wire rack.