A festive, Italian-inspired holiday loaf. This recipe is somewhat involved, but the results are incredible. As of this writing, it’s the best bread I’ve ever made.

This recipe includes figs and candied orange peel, but you can replace the fillings with any mixture of dried fruit and …

Based on some scones a friend of mine devised in a dream.

For the filling recipe, see my raspberry dulce de leche, or improvise another thick raspberry caramel.

For the raspberry juice, I puréed a bunch of raspberries and strained the seeds out of it.

First off, you probably don’t need to make your own dulce de leche from scratch. But if you want to, here’s how.

I listed the active time as 5 hours because you’re going to be boiling dairy, and I don’t want anyone thinking they can just walk away from that and go run …