Cherry Pumpkin Bread Recipes

CHERRY NUT BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk just until blended (batter will be thick). , In a small bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Fold into batter. Fold in cherries and pecans., Transfer to four greased and floured 8x4-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean and loaves are golden brown. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

CRANBERRY PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, whisk the eggs, pumpkin and oil; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in cranberries and walnuts., Spoon into two greased 9x5-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 70-80 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.

PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two loaf pans.
• In a medium mixing bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon and cloves.
• In a large bowl with an electric mixer, blend sugar, oil and eggs. Stir in pumpkin. Slowly blend the flour mixture into pumpkin mixture. While blending the mixture add water incrementally. Pour the batter into two prepared loaf pans.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 90 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes before removing from the pans.

CREAM SHERRY-PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°; grease three 8 x 4 inch loaf pans.
• In a big bowl, combine the sugars, pumpkin, eggs, and nut oil.
• Beat with an electric mixer until smooth, about 1 minute.
• In another bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, spices, and salt.
• With a spatula, combine the wet and dry ingredients and beat until smooth.
• Stir in the cream sherry; vigorously beat until thoroughly blended, about 1-2 minutes; the batter will be thick and fluffy.
• Scrape the batter into the three prepared pans, filling each no more than ¾ full.
• Bake immediately in the center of the oven for 65-75 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean; the top of the loaves will be crusty, and there will be a long crack down the center.
• Let stand for 5 minutes in the pans before turning the loaves out of the pans onto a rack, then turning them right side up to cool completely.
• Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and let sit at room temperature overnight or for up to 4 days before serving.

CHERRY PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Combine oil, eggs, 1/3 cup water and pumpkin.
• Stir together flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
• Gradually beat dry ingredients into pumpkin mixture.
• Stir in candied cherries and nuts.
• Pour into greased and lightly floured 9x5x3 loaf pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until tester inserted comes out clean.

CHERRY-ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease and flour 5 mini loaf pans.
• Combine flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
• Beat eggs in a separate, large bowl with an electric mixer. Add sugar, grated zucchini, coconut oil, buttermilk, and vanilla extract; beat until combined. Add flour mixture and blend until just combined. Fold in pecans, chopped cherries, and cherry juice. Transfer batter into the prepared loaf pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes.

CURRIED PUMPKIN BREADS

Steps:

• Into a bowl sift together the flour, the cornmeal, the baking powder, the baking soda, and the sugar. In a skillet cook the onion with the curry powder, the ground cumin, the cayenne, and the salt in 2 tablespoons of the butter over moderately low heat, stirring, for 5 minutes, or until it is soft, let the mixture cool, and stir in the cuminseed. In a large bowl whisk together the pumpkin purée, the eggs, the buttermilk, the onion mixture, and the remaining 4 tablespoons butter, melted, add the flour mixture, and stir the batter until it is just combined. Divide the batter among 4 buttered and floured loaf pans, each 5 3/4 by 3 1/4 by 2 inches, and bake the breads in the middle of a preheated 350°F. oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. Remove the breads from the pans and let them cool, right sides up, on a rack. The breads keep, wrapped well in plastic wrap and foil, chilled for 1 week or frozen for 1 month.