Aunt Ems Nut Bread Recipes

AUNT HOLLY'S BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Mash the bananas in a bowl. Add all the remaining ingredients and mix well with a wooden spoon. Bake in a buttered loaf pan until a toothpick stuck into the bread comes out clean, 55 to 60 minutes. Slice and serve.

LAURI'S YUMMY NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9x5 inch loaf pas.
• In a large bowl, stir together the sugar, eggs, vegetable oil and vanilla until smooth using a wooden spoon. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon; stir into the sugar mixture alternately with the buttermilk just until mixed. Stir in the walnuts. Divide the batter evenly between the two pans.
• Bake for 55 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted into the crown comes out clean. Allow the bread to cool for about 10 minutes before removing from the pans, and wrap in aluminum foil.

AUNT EM'S NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Beat eggs & gradually add sugar. Beat till light & fluffy.
• Sift flour and baking powder and salt into a large bowl.
• Mix milk and water to egg mixture in a smaller bowl.
• Then slowly add the milk,water and egg mixture to the flour stirring well.
• Stir in butter and nuts.
• Pour into greased loaf baking pans. Bake in moderate oven at 350% for 55 minute.
• Cool overnight. May be frozen if desired.
• Great if made a few weeks in advance to allow flavours to mellow.
• Delicious spread with sweet butter.

MOMMA CALLIE'S BANANA NUT BREAD WITH HONEY BUTTER

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and put a rack on the middle shelf. Butter and flour a 9 by 5 by 3-inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
• In a separate small bowl, mash the bananas with a wooden spoon, leaving a bit of texture.
• In another large bowl, use a hand electric mixer or stand mixer to cream the 1/2 cup of butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, 1 at a time. Stir in the mashed bananas, sour cream and vanilla and beat until just combined. Add the dry ingredients and gently stir in pecans. Pour the batter into the pan and put on a sheet tray.
• Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes in the pan then turn out onto a wire rack to finish cooling. Slice and serve with Honey Butter.
• Mix the butter and the honey together in a small bowl with a wooden spoon. Serve with the banana bread.

OAT NUT BREAD

Steps:

• In bread machine pan, place the milk, 2 tablespoons butter, vanilla, brown sugar, salt, flours and yeast in order suggested by manufacturer. Select basic bread setting. Choose crust color and loaf size if available., Bake according to bread machine directions (check dough after 5 minutes of mixing; add 1 to 2 tablespoons of water or flour if needed)., Just before the final kneading (your machine may audibly signal this), add oats and nuts. Brush baked loaf with remaining butter.

AUNT CORA'S NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Cream together the egg and sugar.
• Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder, and add alternately to the egg/butter mixture with the milk.
• The batter will be very stiff.
• Lastly, mix in the nuts and raisins.
• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Place batter in two buttered loaf pans.
• Give pans a good thump to make sure batter has settled.
• Let stand twenty minutes before putting in the oven.
• Bake for about one hour, or until tester comes out clean and top is lightly browned.
• Cool on rack.
• Note: I generally use walnuts, but pecans would work also. My grandmother chopped her walnuts in a little metal hand - cranked chopper that fed the nuts into a glass jar. The nuts were relatively finely chopped, but still a textural presence in the bread.