Alaskan Stout Fruit Tea Bread

INGREDIENTS:
* 8 ounces mixed dried fruit
* 1 cup golden raisins
* 4 ounces candied lemon peel or orange peel or mixed
* 2 tbsp candied ginger, minced
* 1 bottle Alaskan Brewing Stout
* 1 cup brown sugar
* 2 eggs
* 1 cup yogurt, vanilla
* 3 tbsp ginger or orange marmalade
* 2 tsp cinnamon
* 3 cups flour, all-purpose
* ½ tsp salt
* 1 tbsp baking powder

INSTRUCTIONS:Place the dried fruit, peel, ginger and raisins in a medium bowl and cover with Alaskan Stout. Marinate for 4 hours or overnight
Combine brown sugar, yogurt, marmalade, eggs and cinnamon. Add marinated fruit and beer mixture and stir well. Add flour 1 cup at a time, mixing well. Add salt and baking powder. Use a spoon to incorporate the dry ingredients thoroughly into the liquid ingredients
Pour batter into oiled loaf pans, being sure the fruite pieces are evenly distributed. Thump the pans to settle the batter and expel air bubbles. Bake in a medium (350 degree) oven for about 1 hour or until firm in the center
Cool well before slicing. Serve with cream cheese whipped with a few tablespoons of Alaskan Stout or with your favorite marmalade

This bread keeps well for several days. It toasts well. Several friends have compared it to fruit cake, but prefer the more clean fruit flavors with beer background to conventional fruit cakes. Note that except for egg yokes, this bread does not include any fats.

Stout Steamed Brown Bread
INGREDIENTS:
* 2 cups Alaskan Stout
* 1 cup buttermilk
* 2 cups all purpose flour
* 1 ½ cups corn meal
* 1 cup buckwheat flour (or whole-wheat flour)
* 1 ½ cup raisins
* 1 ¼ cup molasses
* 1 tbsp baking soda
* 1 ½ tsp salt

INSTRUCTIONS:Grease 6 clean cans (16-oz vegetable cans work fine) or a 7-inch tube pan. Beat all ingredients in large mixing bowl on low, scraping bowl constantly, about 30 seconds. Fill cans about 2/3 full. Cover tightly with aluminum foil and tie tightly with kitchen twine.
Place cans on rack in Dutch oven or steamer. Pour boiling water around cans to level of rack. Cover pot tightly. Keep water boiling over low heat until cake tester comes out clean, about 3 hours. Add water during steaming if necessary. Immediately unmold bread and enjoy with butter or cream cheese and Alaskan Stout.