Honey Walnut Bread

Scald 1 cup of milk, add 1 cup of honey and 1/2 cup of sugar, stir over a medium heat until the sugar is dissolved. Cool the mixture. Beat together 1/4 cup soft unsalted butter and 2 egg yolks. Sift together 1 1/2 cups plain flour; 1tsp salt; 1 tsp baking soda. Sift the flour into the batter and blend it thoroughly. Fold in 1/2up walnuts coarsley chopped. Pour the batter into a buttered and lined loaf tin and bake in a moderately slow oven for approximately 1 hour, or until tested done. Leave the loaf in the pan for 15 minutes and turn it out on a wire rack to cool. Serve thinly sliced, with butter and honey or cream cheese and preserves.

I also include this bread; fresh or toasted,  on my cheese platters, along with crackers. It tastes wonderful with a good Camembert or Roquefort.