Maple Pecan Blueberry Bread Recipes

BLUEBERRY BREAD WITH WALNUTS OR PECANS

Steps:

• Serve and enjoy!

MAPLE PECAN BLUEBERRY BREAD

Steps:

• Maple butter:.
• Combine butter and maple syrup in a small saucepan and cook over medium-low heat until butter melts.
• Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat and cool completely.
• Bread:.
• Combine the flour, kinako, ginger, nutmeg and flaxseed in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook.
• Add the milk and mix 2 minutes. Cover and let stand 5 minutes.
• Add the maple butter, salt, eggs and yolk and knead on medium-low speed for 10 minutes. Dough will be stiff.
• Cover and let rest 1 hour.
• Punch down and knead in the pecans and blueberries by hand.
• Shape into a loaf and place in a greased 9x5" loaf pan.
• Cover and let rise 1 hour, until the loaf just crests the top of the pan.
• Heat oven to 375F.
• Bake for 50 minutes or until well browned and 190F internally.
• Immediately remove loaf from pan and let cool on rack.

MAPLE PECAN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Grease bottom or parchment paper line an 8 x 4-inch or a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan, or 2 (6 x 3-inch) small loaf pans.
• With a wooden spoon, mix together all ingredients (except pecans and Maple Glaze) in a large bowl; stir until combined.
• Stir in 1/2 cup pecans. Pour into prepared loaf pan(s).
• Bake larger size loaves in preheated oven for 55 to 65 minutes, or if making smaller size loaves, bake loaves for 35-40 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool loaf(s) for 10 minutes in pan(s).
• Remove loaf(s) from pan, and cool on wire rack.
• Cool completely, about 2 hours.
• Instructions for Maple Glaze: Mix all ingredients until smooth and thin enough to drizzle over loaf(s).
• Drizzle top(s) with Maple Glaze. Wrap tightly and store at room temperature for up to 4 days, or refrigerate for up to 10 days.

BAKED BLUEBERRY-PECAN FRENCH TOAST WITH BLUEBERRY SYRUP

Steps:

• Butter a 13 x 9-inch baking dish. Cut twenty 1-inch slices from baguette and arrange in one layer in baking dish.
• In a large bowl whisk together eggs, milk, nutmeg, vanilla, and 3/4 cup brown sugar and pour evenly over bread. Chill mixture, covered, until all liquid is absorbed by bread, at least 8 hours, and up to 1 day.
• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• In a shallow baking pan spread pecans evenly and toast in middle of oven until fragrant, about 8 minutes. Toss pecans in pan with 1 teaspoon butter and salt.
• Increase temperature to 400°F.
• Sprinkle pecans and blueberries evenly over bread mixture. Cut 1/2 stick butter into pieces and in a small saucepan heat with remaining 1/4 cup brown sugar, stirring, until butter is melted.
• Drizzle butter mixture over bread and bake mixture 35 minutes, or until any liquid from blueberries is bubbling.
• Blueberry Syrup:.
• In a small saucepan cook blueberries and maple syrup over moderate heat until berries have burst, about 3 minutes.
• Pour syrup through a sieve into a heatproof pitcher, pressing on solids, and stir in lemon juice.
• Syrup may be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered. Reheat syrup before serving.
• Serve French toast with syrup.