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Loaves

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 4 large eggs
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 cups canned pumpkin
  • 1-1/2 cups canola oil
  • 1-1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl, combine the flour, cinnamon, salt and baking soda.
  2. In another bowl, beat the eggs, sugar, pumpkin, and oil.
  3. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients just until moistened.
  4. Fold in chocolate chips.
  5. Pour into two greased 8×4 in. loaf pans.
  6. Bake at 350 degrees for 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  7. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan and transferring to wire racks.

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 1 hour + cooling

Yield: 2 loaves

Breads, Loaves

Zucchini Bread (Ruth Stefl)

Time

Prep: 10 minutes                              Ready In: 1 hour 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3 eggs
  • 2 c sugar
  • 2 t vanilla
  • 1 c vegetable oil
  • 2 c grated zucchini
  • 3 c flour
  • 1 t salt
  • ½ t baking powder
  • 1 t baking soda
  • 1 t cinnamon
  • ½ t ground mace

Prep/Equipment

  • Two greased and floured loaf pans
  • Electric mixer

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. In mixer bowl, beat together eggs, oil, sugar, and vanilla. Add zucchini.
  3. In a separate medium bowl, mix flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and mace.
  4. Combine the ingredients from both bowls. Pour into loaf pans.  Bake for 50-60 minutes, until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Breads, Loaves

White Beer Bread

Time

Prep: 1 hour 10 minutes                                Ready In: 1 hour 45 minutes

Ingredients

  • 12 ounce can beer
  • 3 T sugar
  • 3 c self-rising flour (see notes/suggestions)

Prep/Equipment

  • Greased loaf pan
  • Electric mixer

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375°.
  2. Stir all ingredients together. Put in greased loaf pan.  Cover with greased wax paper.  Let rise for 1 hour.
  3. Bake for 35 minutes.

Notes/Suggestions

If using regular flour, add 3 ¾ t baking powder and 2 ¼ t salt.

Breads, Loaves

“To Your Health” Bread

Time

Prep: 2 hours                     Ready In: 3 hours

Ingredients

  • 4 ½ c flour
  • 3 c whole wheat flour
  • 1 c uncooked oats
  • ½ c wheat germ
  • 2 pkg active dry yeast
  • 2 t salt
  • 2 ½ c hot water
  • 1 ½ c (12 oz) creamed cottage cheese, room temperature
  • ½ c honey or molasses
  • 2 T vegetable oil
  • 1 c raisins

Prep/Equipment

  • Three greased loaf pans
  • Two large bowls, one can be the large mixer bowl
  • Electric mixer
  • Floured surface
  • Greased bowl

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375°.
  2. In large bowl, mix together flours and oats. Set aside.
  3. In a mixer bowl, mix wheat germ, dry yeast, and salt. Add hot water, cottage cheese, honey/molasses, and vegetable oil and mix.  Add flour mixture.  Mix on high for 3 minutes.  Stir in raisins.
  4. Turn dough onto floured surface. Let rest 10 minutes.  Knead until smooth, 5-8 minutes.  Place in greased bowl and turn dough to oil the outside.  Cover and leave at room temperature to rise until double (1 hour).  Punch down and divide into thirds.
  5. Place dough into the 3 greased loaf pans. Cover and let rise until double (30 minutes).
  6. Bake for 30-35 minutes.
Breads, Loaves

Raisin Cinnamon Beer Bread

Time

Prep: 10 minutes                              Ready In: 1 hour

Ingredients

  • 2 c self rising flour
  • 1 c whole wheat bread flour
  • 1 ½ t baking soda
  • 1 t cinnamon
  • ¼ t ground nutmeg
  • ⅛ t cloves
  • 1 T honey
  • 12 oz can beer
  • 1 c raisins

Prep/Equipment

  • Greased loaf pan

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. Stir all ingredients together. Spread in prepared pan.  No rising time needed.
  3. Bake for 45 minutes.
Breads, Loaves

Pumpkin Bread

Time

Prep: 10 minutes                              Ready In: 1 hour 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3 c sugar
  • 1 c vegetable oil
  • 4 eggs, beaten
  • 2 c pumpkin
  • 3 ½ c flour
  • 1 t baking powder
  • 2 t baking soda
  • 2 t salt
  • 1 t cloves
  • 3 t pumpkin pie spice
  • ⅔ c water

Prep/Equipment

  • Two large greased loaf pans, or 4 small greased loaf pans
  • Electric mixer

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. Mix together sugar, oil and eggs. Add pumpkin and mix.  Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cloves, and pumpkin pie spice and mix.  Add water and mix to complete the dough.
  3. Bake for 1 hour.
Breads, Loaves

Banana Bread (Linda Boyer)

Time

Prep: 10 minutes                              Ready In: 1 hour

Ingredients

  • ⅓ c shortening
  • ½ c sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 ¾ c flour
  • 1 t baking powder
  • ½ t baking soda
  • ½ t salt
  • 1 c ripe banana
  • ½ c walnuts (optional)

Prep/Equipment

  • Greased loaf pan

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325°.
  2. Mix all ingredients. Bake in greased loaf pan for 40-45 minutes, until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean.