Piernik -Honey Bread/Cake: Poland#130

This is a Polish semi-sweet, spiced honey cake, with walnuts and raisins. It’s yummy toasted with butter.     

Ingredients                           

• 1 c. Sugar
• 1 tsp. Ground cinnamon
  
• 1/2 tsp. Ground cloves
• 1/2 tsp. Ground allspice
• 4 large eggs
• 1/2 c. Milk
• 1/2 c. Vegetable oil 
• 1 tsp. Baking soda 
• 1 c. Honey
• 4 c. All-purpose flour 
• 1/2 c. Raisins
• 1/2 c. Chopped walnuts

1. In a large bowl, mix the sugar, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, and eggs.
2. Stir in the milk and oil, and mix in the baking soda.
3. Place honey in a small pot, and bring to a boil. 
4. Stir melted honey into the spice mix.
5. Add flour .
6. Fold in the raisins and walnuts.
7. Stir by hand with a sturdy spoon for 10 minutes.
8. Allow the dough to sit 1 hour.
9. Preheat oven 325F. Lightly grease 4-8X4” loaf pans.
10. Fill each with about 2” of batter.
11. Bake 1 hour 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.  Bread will be brown in color and will crack on top.
12. Cool in pans for 10 minutes.

Results: Piernik is easy to make. I added craisins (dried cranberries) along with the raisins and walnuts. I also made 1 loaf larger and then 2- 8x4”.  Only because I read the directions wrong but caught myself in time to make 2 smaller loafs, which I froze. There’s only so much we can eat. The smaller loafs took only 1 hour to bake. The larger loaf took 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Bottom Line: Good, but I like other cakes better.  Moving on.

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