Polkadotpunchfloat Recipes

POLKA DOT QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Spray a 9 X 5-inch loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray; set aside.
• Coarsley chop the cranberries and set aside in a small bowl.
• In a medium bowl, combine the milk, egg, melted butter (cooled), and orange juice with a whisk; set aside.
• Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into a large bowl.
• Add the chopped cranberries, cheese and nuts to flour mixture and toss to coat cranberries.
• Add the milk mixture to the flour mixture and stir until just moistened.
• Pour into the prepared loaf pan and bake for about 1 hour until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes, then remove from the pan. (It is important to let it cool, otherwise the bread might stick as you turn it out!)
• Cool to room temperature on the wire rack before slicing.

POLKA DOT MEAT LOAF

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 375 degrees. In bowl, mix ground beef, 1/4 cup of the ketchup, the bread crumbs, Worchestershire sauce, salt and egg. Press 1/3 mixture in bottom of ungreased 8"x4" loaf pan.
• 2. Place two pieces of the string cheese lengthwise and evenly spaced over beef mixture, with one end of the cheese about 1/2 inch from one end of pan. Cut 2 pieces of string cheese in half crosswise. Place 2 half pieces on beef mixture so cheese extends full length of pan. Press cheese into beef mixture.
• 3. Top with half of remaining beef mixture; put evenly in place. Top with remaining string cheese in 2 rows; press in. Press remaining beef mixture over cheese. Press ends and edges of beef mixture to seal in cheese; smooth top.
• 4. Bake 45 minutes. Meanwhile in small bowl, mix remaining 1/4 cup ketchup, the mustard and brown sugar.
• 5. Remove meat loaf from oven. spoon juices from meat loaf; spoon ketchup mixture evenly over top,
• 6. Return to oven; bake 30 to 45 minutes longer or until meat thermometer inserted in center reads 160 degrees. Let stand 15 minutes before cutting into slices.