Eat like an athlete recipe for 4 - 8 people, takes only 50 mins; recipe has sunflower oil, tea, malt extract, dark muscovado sugar, dried fruit, egg, plain flour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda.
Sticky malt loaves
Course: Eat like an athlete
Servings
4 - 8
servings
Prep time
15 mins
Ingredients
- Egg: 2 large eggs, beaten
- Sunflower Oil: sunflower oil, for greasing
- Plain Flour: 250g plain flour
- Bicarbonate Of Soda: 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- Baking Powder: 1 tsp baking powder
- Tea: 150ml hot black tea
- Dark Muscovado Sugar: 85g dark muscovado sugar
- Dried Fruit: 300g mixed dried fruit
- Malt Extract: 175g malt extract, plus extra for glazing (see tip)
Directions
- Heat oven to 150C/130C fan/gas 2. Line the base and ends of two greased 450g/1lb non-stick loaf tins with strips of baking parchment.
- Pour the hot tea into a mixing bowl with the malt, sugar and dried fruit. Stir well, then add the eggs.
- Tip in the flour, then quickly stir in the baking powder and bicarbonate of soda and pour into the prepared tins. Bake for 50 mins until firm and well risen. While still warm, brush with a little more malt to glaze and leave to cool.
- Remove from the tins. If you can bear not to eat it straight away, it gets more sticky after wrapping and keeping for 2-5 days. Serve sliced and buttered, if you like.
