Easter Bun

Ingredients

3 Cups Flour
1 Cup Dark Sugar
1 Bottle Stout
2 Tablespoons Butter/Margarine
1 Teaspoon BENJAMINS Cinnamon
1 Tablespoons BENJAMINS Mixed Spice
¼ Teaspoon BENJAMINS Nutmeg
2 Tablespoons BENJAMINS Vanilla
3 Teaspoons Baking Powder
1 Egg
½ Teaspoon Marmalade
1Tablespoon Honey
1 – 2 Tablespoons BENJAMINS Browning
1 Tablespoon Molasses (optional)
Raisins
Cherries (optional)

Method

Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease pan generously and dust with flour.
Warm stout, sugar, molasses, honey, margarine, marmalade, butter/margarine
and browning in a saucepan, stirring until dissolved. Allow to cool.
Add Vanilla, Cinnamon, Mixed Spice, and Nutmeg and chopped fruits to mixture.
Sift flour, sugar and baking powder together. Add egg to Stout mixture, blend
and add to flour mixture. Mix until well blended. Pour mixture into greased
pan and bake for I hour or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.
Apply glaze when cool.

Glaze:
¼ Cup Sugar, ½ Cup Water
Boil together to form thick syrup