Jamaican Bun
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Makes Loaves
Ingredients
- 3½cups flour
- 1½ cups sugar
- 4 tsp. Baking powder
- 1 cup stout or beer
- 1 egg (beaten)
- 2 tbles. spoon melted butter or margarine
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 1 cup cherries
- 1 cup raisins, mixed peel, cherries*
- ½ tsp. ground allspice
- pinch of salt
- 1 tblsp. spoon nutmeg
- ½ tblsp. spoon cinnamon
- ½ tblsp. spoon rose water
- ½ tblsp. spoon anise extract
Method
- STEP 1In a large mixing bowl, mix together flour, salt, baking powder, spices and sugar. Mix thoroughly
- STEP 2and add fruit.
- STEP 3Make a well in the center of mixture and add melted butter and beaten egg.
- STEP 4Mix again until like coarse bread crumbs.
- STEP 5Make another well in center of mixture and add beer or stout.
- STEP 6Mix the whole thoroughly and turn into well greased baking pans.
- STEP 7Bake for 1¼ hours at 300° F. Makes two meatloaf pans.
- STEP 8If desired, press a few whole cherries into the top of each bun.
