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Posted on 11.21.08 by itscrazydelicious @

I do not know about you but I just love pumpkin bread. And this time of year is the best time to make it and enjoy it. And you can have it with a nice cup of hot pumpkin coffee too! I do not like stuffed pumpkin though…..love the pumpkin flavor but not the actual pumpkin. And pumpkin bread is by far my favorite pumpkin product. Here is a great recipe I found for pumpkin bread from Simply Recipes at elise.com…
1 1/2 cups (210g) flour
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 cup (200 g) sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup (1/4 L) pumpkin purée*
1/2 cup (1 dL) olive oil
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 cup water
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1/2 cup (1 dL) chopped walnuts

* To make pumpkin purée, cut a pumpkin in half, scoop out the seeds and stringy stuff, lie face down on a foil or Silpat lined baking sheet. Bake at 350°F until soft, about 45 min to an hour. Cool, scoop out the flesh. Freeze whatever you don’t use for future use. Or, if you are working with pumpkin pieces, roast or boil them until tender, then remove and discard the skin.

Directions
1 Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Sift together the flour, salt, sugar, and baking soda.

2 Mix the pumpkin, oil, eggs, 1/4 cup of water, and spices together, then combine with the dry ingredients, but do not mix too thoroughly. Stir in the nuts.

3 Pour into a well-buttered 9x5x3 inch loaf pan. Bake 50-60 minutes until a thin skewer poked in the very center of the loaf comes out clean. Turn out of the pan and let cool on a rack.

Makes one loaf. Can easily double the recipe.

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Coffee Date Bread

Posted on 11.21.08 by itscrazydelicious @

Here is a great recipe that I found and have tried…last week actually. My husband just loved it – and I loved it too and I do not normally like coffee cake. I got this recipe from All Recipes which is a great site where you can get many great recipes. It is an easy recipe too…great for the holidays. I will be making this for my holiday get togethers. Hopefully it will be liked by all!
1 cup chopped pitted dates
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup strong brewed coffee
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped pecans

DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8×4 inch loaf pan, and line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper.
Place the dates in a small bowl, and sprinkle the baking soda over. Heat coffee to boiling, and pour over the dates and soda. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, mix together the butter, sugar and egg until well blended. Stir in vanilla. Blend in the flour and salt, then fold in the pecans and date mixture. Transfer the batter to the prepared loaf pan.
Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until the top of the loaf springs back when lightly touched. Let stand for 5 minutes before removing from pan. Peel off paper, and allow to cool on a wire rack.

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Banana Muffins

Posted on 05.26.08 by itscrazydelicious @

This is from

What to Eat When You’re Expecting

and is fabulous. Sometimes I add walnuts and other times I leave them out also.
It takes around 1 hour to make

3 very ripe bananas (about 1 1/2 cups puree)
1/2 cup apple juice, frozen concentrate
2 tablespoons apple juice, frozen concentrate
1tablespoon orange juice, frozen concentrate
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1 1/4 cups whole-wheat flour
3/4 cup wheat germ
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 cup raisins or chopped dates
1/2 cup walnuts — coarsely chopped
2 egg whites
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Process the bananas, juice concentrates, oil, and lemon juice in a blender until smooth. Combine the flour, wheat germ, cinnamon, and baking powder in a mixer bowl.

Then stir the banana mixture into the dry ingredients to make a thick batter; then stir in the raisins and walnuts.

Beat the egg whites until stiff. Gently fold into the batter.

Spoon the batter into 18 muffin cups coated with vegetable cooking spray. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from the tins immediately.

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Irish Soda Bread

Posted on 03.08.08 by itscrazydelicious @

Personally, I just love to make breads and this is one of my favorites. My absolute favorite bread for the past few months has been Beer Bread but this is a close second and it is the time of the year to make this bread. This would be the perfect thing to bring to that Irish St. Pattie’s day party!! Here is the best recipe that I have found and used. I got it at BusyCooks.

Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hours, 10 minutes
Ingredients:
1/2 cup sugar
4 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
3/4 tsp. salt
3 cups raisins
1 Tbsp. caraway seeds
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1-1/4 cups buttermilk
1 cup sour cream

Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9″ round cake pan with solid shortening and set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, combine flour (reserving 1 tablespoon), sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, raisins and caraway seeds. In a small bowl, combine eggs, buttermilk and sour cream and beat until smooth. Stir the liquid mixture into flour mixture just until flour is moistened. Knead dough in bowl about 10 to 12 times. The dough will be sticky.

Place the dough in the prepared pan and pat down. Cut a 4×3/4″ deep slash in the top of the bread and dust with reserved flour. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 65 to 75 minutes; remove from pan and place on wire rack to cool.

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