Bishop's Bread

Ingredients

• 1 cup raisins
• ½ cup chopped nuts
• 2¼ cup sifted flour
• 1½ cup packed brown sugar
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ cup butter
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp soda
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 egg, well beaten
• ¾ cup dairy sour cream

Method

1. Sprinkle 1/4 cup flour over the raisins and nuts.
2. Combine the remaining flour with the brown sugar and salt; cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse meal; reserve 3/4 cup for topping.
3. To the remainder, add the baking powder, soda and cinnamon; mix well. Add the egg and sour cream; stir until well blended. Stir in the floured raisins and nuts.
4. Spoon into a greased 8x12-inch pan; sprinkle with the reserved flour-butter mixture plus a dash of cinnamon, if desired.
5. Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes or until done.

Notes

Yield: 12 servings.

Original card

The recipe above was transcribed from this scan of Vera’s original card.

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