Morning Glory Loaf Recipes

MORNING GLORY BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, cinnamon, and baking soda.
• Into another large bowl, combine carrots, raisins, coconut, pecans, zucchini and apples, eggs, vegetable oil and vanilla. Mix with a hand mixer until combined thoroughly.
• Pour the wet mixture into the flour mixture, gently folding it together with a rubber scraper or spatula.
• Prepare a loaf pan with non-stick spray. Line the pan with a parchment paper sling, and lightly spray again with non-stick spray. Pour the batter 3/4 the way up the pan. Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 50-55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack in the tin for 10 minutes, prior to removing the loaf to cool completely before slicing and serving.

MORNING GLORY YOGURT LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325f (160c) and grease a 9 - 5-inch (2 L) loaf pan.
• Cream the butter and sugar together. Add the eggs to the butter mixture one at a time, blending well after each addition. Stir in the yogurt and orange zest.
• In a separate bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon, and stir this into the butter mixture. Stir in the peaches (or pineapple, if using), raisins, and coconut. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 60 to 70 minutes, until a tester inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean. Cool the loaf for 30 minutes, then tap it out of the pan to cool completely on a cooling rack. The loaf will keep, well wrapped and unrefrigerated, for up to 3 days.
• Even when trying to be healthy and more wholesome in baking, you need to use full-fat sour cream and yogurt in your recipes. Sour cream and yogurt are tasty ways to add moisture and richness to coffee cakes and muffins, but using full fat versions is the key to successful baking. That sour cream you use should be 14 percent and the yogurt should be a minimum of 3 percent, ideally 6 percent. The reason for these high percentages is that the lower-fat options are set with other thickeners such as guar gum, starch, or even gelatin. Once heated, the thickening agents dissolve and the lower-fat sour cream or yogurt turns watery. Therefore baked items could be dense or heavy coming out of the oven, and crumble easily after cooling.

KIDS CAN BAKE: MINI MORNING GLORY LOAVES

Steps:

• For the cakes: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 12-cup mini loaf pan with cooking spray.
• Spread the pecans out on 1 side of a rimmed baking sheet, the coconut on the other, and bake until both are toasted, 5 to 7 minutes. Let cool, then finely chop the pecans.
• Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger and salt in a large bowl. Whisk together the butter, sour cream, brown sugar, vanilla and eggs in another large bowl. Stir the carrots, pecans and coconut into the egg mixture. Fold the flour mixture into the carrot-egg mixture until just combined. Divide evenly among the prepared pans (about 3 heaping tablespoons of batter per loaf). (Don't be alarmed if the batter seems skimpy; the cakes will rise once baked.)
• Bake until the center of a cake bounces back when pressed and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, 20 to 22 minutes. Let the cakes cool in the pan for a few minutes, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.
• For the glaze: Mix together the confectioners' sugar, cream cheese, lemon juice and salt in a medium bowl. Top each loaf with about 1 tablespoon of the glaze, and spread evenly with the back of the spoon.

MORNING GLORY LOAF

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat 9- x 5-inch loaf pan, 3 6- x 3-inch miniloaf pans, or 12-cup muffin tin with cooking spray. Prepare Pineapple Upside-Down "Topping" if desired. Whisk together flour, cinnamon, ginger, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in large bowl. Whisk brown sugar, oil, 1/4 cup reserved pineapple juice, carrot juice, and vanilla in separate bowl. Fold sugar mixture into flour mixture. Stir in crushed pineapple, carrots, raisins, and walnuts, if desired. Scoop batter into prepared pan(s). Bake large loaf 50 to 60 minutes, miniloaves 35 to 45 minutes, or muffins 18 to 22 minutes, or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 5 minutes. Loosen edges, and turn out onto wire rack to cool completely.

EASY MORNING GLORY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups, or line with paper muffin liners.
• In a large bowl, mix together flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Stir in the carrot, raisins, nuts, coconut, and apple.
• In a separate bowl, beat together eggs, oil, and vanilla. Stir egg mixture into the carrot/flour mixture, just until moistened. Scoop batter into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean.

MORNING GLORY MUFFINS

Steps:

• In large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. In another bowl, combine the eggs, oil, apple and vanilla. Stir into the dry ingredients just until combined. Fold in the carrot, raisins, coconut and pecans., Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake at 350° for 15-18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Serve warm.

MORNING GLORY BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Spray bundt pan with cooking spray.
• In medium size bowl combine flour, sugar, powder, soda and cinnamon.
• In a large mixing bowl combine oil, milk and eggs.
• Add flour mixture, stir until just moistened Mixture will be thick.
• Fold in carrots, pineapple, raisins and coconut.
• Spoon into bundt pan.
• Bake 50-55 minutes or until pick comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes in pan on rack.
• Remove from pan to cool completely.

BEST MORNING GLORY MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients. In another bowl, combine the eggs, applesauce, oil and vanilla. Stir in carrots, apple, pineapple, coconut, raisins and nuts., Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 20-24 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

WHOLE-GRAIN MORNING LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Coat a 10-by-5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray. Wrap apple in paper towels; squeeze out liquid.
• Whisk together the flours, wheat bran, wheat germ, baking soda, spices, and salt.
• Stir together apple, yogurt, applesauce, honey, eggs, and vanilla with a rubber spatula in a large bowl. Fold in flour mixture. Fold in dates and nuts. Pour into pan. Sprinkle with flaxseed.
• Bake until a cake tester comes out clean, 50 to 55 minutes. Let cool in pan on a wire rack 15 minutes. Unmold.