Category Archives: Breads

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

Zucchini Chocolate Chip Muffins (Betty Hillenbrand)

Time

Prep: 10 minutes                              Ready In: 45 minutes

Yield

Makes 1 dozen muffins.

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ c flour
  • ¾ c sugar
  • 1 t baking soda
  • 1 t ground cinnamon
  • ½ t salt
  • 1 egg, slightly beaten
  • ½ c vegetable oil
  • ¼ c milk
  • 1 T lemon juice
  • 1 t vanilla
  • 1 c shredded zucchini
  • ¼ c miniature chocolate chips
  • ¼ c chopped walnuts

Prep/Equipment

  • Two medium bowls
  • Electric mixer
  • Muffin pan
  • Paper muffin cups

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. In medium bowl (bowl 1), combine flour, sugar, soda, cinnamon, and salt. Set aside.
  3. In second bowl (bowl 2), mix egg, vegetable oil, milk, lemon juice, and vanilla. Stir into bowl 1. Fold in zucchini, chocolate chips, and walnuts.
  4. Fill muffin cups to ⅔ full.  Bake for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Ready Bran Muffins

Time

Prep: 15 minutes                              Ready In: 45 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 c boiling water
  • 6 c 100% bran cereal, separated
  • 1 c shortening or margarine
  • 2 c sugar
  • 4 eggs, beaten
  • 1 quart buttermilk
  • 5 c flour
  • 5 t baking soda
  • 1 t salt

Prep/Equipment

  • Two medium bowls
  • Muffin tins
  • Muffin paper

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375°.
  2. In medium bowl, pour 2 c boiling water over 2 cups bran cereal.
  3. In separate medium bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs and buttermilk.  Add to bran mix.  Fold in flour, baking soda, salt, and remaining 4 c of bran cereal.
  4. Pour into muffin tins until ¾ full.
  5. Bake at 375° for 20-25 minutes.

Notes/Suggestions

Store in jars in fridge for up to 6 weeks or freeze.

Monkey Bread

Time

Prep: 20 minutes                              Ready In: 1 hour

Ingredients

  • 3 (12 ounce) packages refrigerated biscuit dough
  • 1 c white sugar
  • 2 t ground cinnamon
  • ½ c margarine
  • 1 c packed brown sugar
  • ½ c chopped walnuts (optional)
  • ½ c raisins (optional)

Prep/Equipment

  • Greased Bundt pan.
  • Large plastic Ziploc bag
  • Saucepan

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. Mix white sugar and cinnamon in Ziploc bag. Cut biscuits into quarters.  Shake 6-8 biscuit pieces in the cinnamon sugar mix.  Arrange pieces in the bottom of the prepared bundt pan.  Continue until all biscuits are coated and placed in pan.  If using nuts and raisins, arrange them in and among the biscuit pieces as you go along.
  3. In a small saucepan, melt the margarine with the brown sugar over medium heat. Boil for 1 minute.  Pour over biscuits.
  4. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a plate.  Do not cut!  The bread just pulls apart.

Blueberry Stuffed French Toast (Overnight)

Time

Prep: 30 minutes                              Ready In: 8 hours 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 12 slices of white or wheat bread, crusts removed
  • 1 8-ounce package cream cheese
  • 2 c blueberries, rinsed, separated
  • 12 eggs
  • ⅓ c syrup, separated
  • 2 c milk
  • 1 c sugar
  • 2 T cornstarch
  • 1 c water
  • 1 T unsalted butter

Prep/Equipment

  • Greased 9×13 baking dish
  • Large bowl
  • Saucepan

Directions

  1. For prep, cut bread and cream cheese into 1” cubes.
  2. Arrange half of bread cubes in 9×13 dish. Scatter cream cheese over bread.  Sprinkle 1 c blueberries over cream cheese.  Arrange remaining bread over blueberries.
  3. In large bowl, beat 12 eggs, ⅓ c syrup, and 2 c milk. Pour over bread evenly.  Cover the dish with foil and chill in refrigerator overnight.
  4. Preheat oven to 350°. Remove dish from refrigerator and bake 30 minutes (covered).  Remove foil and bake another 30 minutes until puffed and golden.
  5. While dish is in oven, make sauce in saucepan. Add sugar, cornstarch and water to saucepan.  Cook over high heat for 5 minutes or until thickened, stirring occasionally.  Stir in 1 c blueberries and simmer for 10 minutes or until berries have burst.  Add butter and stir until melted.

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.

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.

“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.

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.

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.