Swedish Tea Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. granular yeast or 1 cake compressed yeast
1/3 c. lukewarm water
1 c. scalded milk, cooled
3 2/3 to 4 c. all-purpose flour
1/3 c. sugar
3/4 tsp. salt
1/3 c. melted butter, cooled to lukewarm
1/2 c. seedless raisins
1/2 c. chopped pecans
1/2 c. chopped dates
6 candied cherries

Preparation

Soften yeast in lukewarm water for 5 minutes.
Then add lukewarm milk and about half of the flour to make a soft batter. Beat well.
Cover and let rise in a warm place until double.
Add sugar, salt, melted butter, raisins, pecans, dates, cherries and remaining flour.
Place dough in bowl and let rise until double. Shape into a loaf.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 15 minutes, reduce heat to 325\u00b0 and bake 45 minutes longer.