Fruit and Cheese Quick Breads
By Brenda Hyde
Quick breads are one of my favorite things to bake, and I've
collected recipes for years. They make wonderful gifts and
I often take them for potlucks and family reunions as well.
These recipes use fruit, cheese and herbs to spice up the
bread.
Marmalade Bread
Ingredients:
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg, beaten
3/4 cup milk
2/3 cup granulated sugar
4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter, melted
1 cup orange marmalade (ginger marmalade is nice too)
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Generously grease a 9x5x3 inch
loaf pan with butter. Dust the inside of the pan, bottom and
sides, with flour. Lightly tap to remove any excess. Sift the
1-3/4 cups flour along with the baking powder, baking soda
and salt into a large mixing bowl. In another bowl, mix together
the egg, milk, sugar, melted butter and marmalade until they are
mixed well.Pour the egg and marmalade mixture into the flour,
folding gently until combined into a batter. Don't over mix, just
fold until all the flour is moist. Spoon the batter prepared loaf
pan. Bake on the middle rack of the oven until lightly browned
and the sides have begun to pull away slightly from the pan.
45 minutes-1 hour. Test with toothpick. Cool bread in pan at
least 10 minutes before running a knife blade around the
edges, then turn out on rack to cool completely.
Citrus Quick Bread
Ingredients:
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. lemon, orange, or mango extract
1/2 cup milk
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix the wet ingredients in a
small bowl, and the dry ingredients in a larger bowl. Mix
the wet into the dry. Pour into a loaf pan that has been
buttered. Bake for 45-50 minutes until sides pull away
slightly and the middle tests done. You can also vary this
with a tsp. of cinnamon added to the dry ingredients or
1/2 tsp. of ground ginger. 1/4 cup of crushed nuts can also
be added to the dry ingredients as well.
Sweet Potato Pecan Bread
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup crushed or chopped pecans
1 cup light brown sugar
2 tsp. baking soda
1-8 oz. package cream cheese
1 tsp. salt
1/2 cup butter
1 tsp. cinnamon
4 eggs
1/2 tsp. allspice
2 cups mashed sweet potatoes
1/2 tsp. baking powder
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
Cream sugar, cheese, and butter until well blended and light.
Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Blend
in mashed sweet potatoes. Add the dry ingredients and mix until
just moistened. Pour into two greased and floured bread pans and
bake at 350 degrees for about 1 hour and 10 minutes-check after
an hour, testing with toothpick. You can use canned sweet potatoes
that have been drained and mashed or use fresh sweet potatoes that
have been boiled, baked or microwaved and mashed.
Cheese Quick Bread
Ingredients:
2 cups flour
1 tbsp. granulated sugar
1-1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) cold butter or margarine
2 cups shredded sharp cheddar or Monterey jack cheese
(for a spicy bread use a pepper cheese!)
1 cup milk
1 egg, beaten
Optional: 1 tsp. seasoned pepper blend
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Mix dry ingredients; cut in butter
until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in cheese. Add
combined milk and egg; stirring just until moistened. Spoon
the batter into a greased and floured 9x5-inch loaf pan. Bake
45 minutes. Cool in pan 5 minutes; remove from pan. Cool
on wire rack.
Ginger Apple Bread
Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. ground ginger
1 tsp. salt
2 large eggs, beaten
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3 medium tart apples, peeled and chopped
1/2 cup crushed pecans
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8x4-inch loaf pan
Sift together the flour, baking powder, ginger, and salt; set aside.
Combine the remaining ingredients and mix well. Add the wet
ingredients to dry ingredients. Mix just until blended, but do not
over mix or beat the batter. Pour into the prepared pan. Bake the
loaf pan for 60-80 minutes or until a tester inserted in the loaves
comes out clean. Cool on a rack for 10 minutes before removing
from the pans. Notes: You can also use apple pie spice in place
of the ginger or 1 tsp.. cinnamon and 1 tsp. ginger.
Ground ginger, apple pie spice, pepper blends, cinnamon and the extracts
are all available from Watkins. Click Here
About the Author
Brenda Hyde is the owner and editor of Old Fashioned Living. You can
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