Dads Bread Recipes

DAD'S BREAKFAST BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, stir together the scalded milk, sugar, margarine and salt. In a small bowl, stir together the yeast and warm water. Let stand 10 minutes, or until foamy.
• Stir the yeast mixture into the milk mixture. Blend in the eggs. Mix in the flour one cup at a time to make a soft dough. Cover bowl and let rise in a warm place until double.
• Heat one inch of oil in a deep heavy skillet to 370 degrees F (180 degrees C). Form large handfuls of dough into flat pancake shapes and fry them in the hot oil, turning once, until golden brown on both sides. Remove from oil to drain on paper towels.

DAD'S FLATBREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup of water. Add sugar, oil, salt, rye or whole wheat flour, 3 cups all-purpose flour and remaining water; beat until smooth. Add enough remaining all-purpose flour to form a soft dough. , Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. , Punch dough down. Divide in half. On a greased baking sheet, flatten each half to 1-in. thickness. Pierce each loaf several times with a fork. Cover and let rise in a warm place until nearly doubled, about 30 minutes. , Bake at 375° for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.

DAD'S ORANGUTAN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®) with 2 tablespoons butter.
• Combine sugar, 3/4 cup butter, orange juice, and orange zest in a saucepan; warm over low heat until sugar is dissolved and butter is melted, about 5 minutes.
• Separate biscuits; cut in half. Layer half in the bottom of the prepared tube pan. Pour half of the orange juice mixture over the biscuits. Repeat both steps.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 25 minutes.

DAD'S FAMOUS BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix flour, sugar, and soda together.
• Beat in Oil, eggs, and bananas.
• Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.
• Put in greased bread pan. Should be 3/4 of the way full.
• Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees. (the top of the bread will crack -- but it is not done yet.

DAD'S BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan, or line a muffin pan with cupcake liners.
• In a mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
• Beat in the eggs one at a time, followed by the bananas.
• Mix in the self-rising flour and flax seed meal until just incorporated; fold in the walnuts.
• Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes for muffins, or 1 hour for a loaf. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

DAD'S GARLIC & WINE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400.
• Slice the bread almost all the way through in 1" - 1-1/2" slices. (You want the loaf to stay intact while baking but easy to separate once baked).
• Place bread in a jelly roll pan on a large enough sheet of aluminum foil that you can fold the sides up to contain the wine/butter mixture (you WANT the bread to sit in the wine/butter mixture -- Oh yes).
• Place a sliver of garlic between each slice.
• Melt butter in glass cup measure in microwave.
• Stir in an equal amount of red wine to the cup.
• Drizzle the wine/butter mixture between each slice and pour remainder over the top. If you double the recipe, you'll want to mix it again mid-pour as the wine & butter tend to separate.
• Bake at 400 for about 20 minutes. Bread is done with the top and especially the bottom of the bread is crusty. We remove the garlic before eating so as not to offend others the next day.
• If you don't like this, you'll be the first one who didn't.

DAD'S BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease bottom only of 9 by 5 or 8 by 4 inch loaf pan.
• In large bowl, blend the first 6 ingredients; beat for 1 minute at medium speed.
• Stir in remaining ingredient just until the dry ingredients are moistened.
• Pour batter into prepared pan.
• At 350 degrees, bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool for 5 minutes; remove from pan.
• Cut into slices and enjoy! They are great with butter on top!

DAD'S BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl whisk the eggs.
• Add the salt, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, milk, (and raisins if using) and mix well.
• Remove the crust from the bread and gently tear into small pieces (don't squish the bread!).
• Add the pieces of bread in to the mixing bowl and fold in until well incorporated and everything is wet.
• Pour everything into a greased 8x8 glass baking dish.
• Bake at 350 for 1 hour or until set.
• Let stand a few minutes and serve warm with caramel sauce or ice cream!

DAD'S BUTTERMILK CORNBREAD

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375*F. Grease an 8 inch square pan.
• 2. Melt butter in large skillet. Remove from heat and stir in sugar. Quickly add eggs and beat until well blended. Combine buttermilk with baking soda and stir into mixture in pan. Stir in cornmeal, flour, and salt until well blended and few lumps remain. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• 3. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• My Note: Just wanted to mention a few things in response to. First, I mix all ingredients in the pan I melt the butter inches Less dishes. Second, I often use whole wheat flour to cut sweetness and make it a tad more healthy. Third, it freezes fabulously. I always make a double batch, remove one from the pan after cooling, wrap it up and pop it in the freezer. Based on some, I want to clarify something. I use a regular pot to melt my butter inches After the butter has melted I proceed with adding the rest of the ingredients in that same pot. I do NOT get a separate bowl for mixing inches After all the ingredients are mixed in the pot I pour the batter into a baking pan. I do NOT mix everything in the pan I'm baking it inches I do NOT keep the butter and sugar mixture out when mixing the rest of the ingredients. Hope that helps. 7/24/08 I'd change the recipe if I could, but I can't figure out how, so I'll mention here that the normal baking time is 30 minutes. I put 30-40 minutes in the directions because it takes longer when you use whole wheat flour, which I often do. I'm guessing those who complain about it being dry are just seeing the "cook time - 40 minutes" at the top and overbaking it.
• 11/24/12 I tweaked it a bit. I reduced the sugar a little, but think it would be fine for the full amount if you like your cornbread a little sweet. I used powdered buttermilk and water and added 2/3 Celsius fresh yellow corn. In my opinion, the ONLY way to cook cornbread is in a preheated cast iron skillet. It gives it such a wonderful buttery, crisp crust. I greased my 9 inches skillet with vegetable oil and put it in the oven while I assembled the recipe. When the batter was finished, I poured it into the hot skillet. I then baked it for 25 minutes. The result was top notch. Very moist with perfect texture.
• You had dry bread -- 1/4 lb not 1/4 cup butter! This might have made a difference if you read it wrong, 1/4 lb. is 1/2 cup of butter. Also I put it in my greased preheated iron skillet for 25 minute !
• The recipe is fantastic as written, but after making this recipe a few hunder times I made a few changes. I used Splenda instead of sugar, whole-wheat flour instead of all-purpose, Smart Balance Light instead of butter, and sour skim milk instead of buttermilk. Sounds like a lot of substitutions, but the end result was absolutely delicious, and nearly guilt free! This is the ONLY cornbread recipe that I use, and it comes out wonderful every time.