As Spain is yet to discover the delights of malt loaf, I was wondering if it's possible to make it yourself.

We have a bread machine and flour we bought recently from Lidl gives a very similar looking loaf. I'm wondering if I can add raisins and stuff (malt?) to it to make a tasty riding snack.

Not used a bread machine for it, but we use this recipe:

MALT LOAF – makes 2 x 1lb loaves (450g)

8oz/225g sultanas
8oz/225g raisins
3oz/85g butter
half pint/290ml water
12oz/340g self-raising flour
half teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
pinch of salt
8oz/225g soft dark brown sugar
2 large eggs, beaten
2 tbsp malt extract

1. Preheat oven to 180c/350f/gas 4. Grease and flour 2 x 1lb loaf tins.

2. Put the sultanas, raisins, butter and water together into a large saucepan. Bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Allow to cool a little.

3. In a large mixing bowl, sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt together. Stir in the sugar.

4. Pour in the warm fruit mixture and add the beaten eggs and malt extract. Mix well with a spoon.

5. Pour into the prepared tins and bake in the centre of the oven for 30 minutes, then move to a lower shelf and bake for a further 30 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Allow to cool in the tin for five minutes.

Slice, butter and ENJOY!!

There's also this one floating about for bread machines:

Ingredients

* 305 ml water
* 500g Strong White Flour
* 1½ tsp fast action dried yeast
* 25g butter
* 1 tbsp milk powder
* 1 tsp fine sea salt
* 1 tbsp honey
* 1 tbsp malt extract
* 1 tbsp black treacle
* 150g sultanas

Method

1. Breadmaker Malt Loaf Place all ingredients into the pan except the sultanas by following your manufacturers’ instructions regarding the order of liquid/dry ingredients.
2. Place the sultanas in the nut/raisin dispenser (if available) and set your machine to the basic/normal raisin setting, medium crust.
3. If you do not have a nut/raisin dispenser when the machine indicates (with a beeping sound), add the sultanas and close the lid.