Plum Butter Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup lightly packed pitted dried plum (prunes-about 8 ounces)
3/4 cup water
1 teaspoon lemon juice
2 tablespoons honey
1/3 cup sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 - 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 (3/4 ounce) package active dry yeast
1 teaspoon ground cardamom
1 cup milk
1/2 cup butter
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup chopped walnuts
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon butter, melted

Preparation

For plum butter, in a saucepan combine plums, water, and lemon juice; bring to boiling then reduce heat.
Simmer, covered, 40 minutes. remove from heat; stir in honey.
Cool, place in a food processor bowl and process until smooth.
Cover and set aside.
In a bowl stir together 2 cups of the all-purpose flour, yeast, and cardamom.
Heat milk, 1/2 cup butter, sugar, and salt until warm (120 degree F to 130 degree F).
Add to flour mixture along with eggs and vanilla and beat with an electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds.
Beat on high speed 3 minutes.
Stir in whole wheat flour and as much remaining all-purpose flour as you can.
On a floured surface, knead in enough remaining all-purpose flour to make a moderately stiff dough that is smooth and elastic (about 6 to 8 minutes). Place in a greased bowl, cover; let rise until double (about 1 hour).
Turn out onto a floured surface, divide in half.
Cover; let rest 10 minutes.
Roll each half into a 12x7-inch rectangle and spread each with 1/2 cup of the plum butter to within 1 inch of edges.
Sprinkle with nuts and cinnamon.
Roll up; seal and place loaves, seam down, in two greased 8x4x2-inch loaf pans.
Cover; let rise until nearly double (30 to 45 minutes).
Bake in a 350 degree F oven 30 to 35 minutes or until bread sounds hollow when tapped.
Remove from pans, brush with melted butter.
Cool., serve with remaining plum butter.
Makes 2 loaves (32 servings).
Make-Ahead Tips: Transfer remaining prune butter to freezer container; seal, label, and freeze up to 1 month. Thaw overnight in refrigerator before serving. Cool loaves completely. Wrap bread in foil and place in airtight freezer containers or plastic freezer bags; seal, label, and freeze up to 1 month. Thaw bread for 2 hours at room temperature.