A to Z Bread

Pumpkin, cranberry, and walnut muffins and loaves.

   This recipe has been in my repertoire for years(over 30 years).  It was given to me by my Home-Ec. teacher when I was in high school. It is the best and ONLY quick bread recipe you will ever need.  As the name suggests, this recipe can be any bread you want....from A to Z.  

    The recipe originally calls for one very large loaf pan to bake the bread.  That takes about 1 hour and 35 minutes.  So, I prefer to bake this batter in muffin tins and small loaf pans which can be done  in 25 - 35 minutes.  

    The list below the recipe is some of the suggestions of  ingredients you can use for your 2 cups of A to Z. Don't be limited by this list alone.  Be creative, or use what you have on hand, anything goes! 

As Always,

ENJOY!

INGREDIENTS

3 cups AP flour - this can be a combination of AP and wheat if you like

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. baking soda

1 Tbsp. cinnamon (I added pumpkin pie spice to these)

1/2 tsp. baking powder

3 eggs

1 cup oil

2 cups sugar (This can be reduced slightly if your A-Z is sweet, this can also be a combination of   sugars, e.g., granular, brown, maple syrup, honey, raw, turbinado, molasses etc.

2 cups A to Z

1 tsp. vanilla

1 cup nuts

     Sift flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon, and set aside.

     Beat eggs in large bowl, add oil and sugar, stir well

     Add vanilla, nuts and A to Z, to mixture stir well.

   

     Add flour mixture to the sugar and egg mixture.

    Spoon into well greased loaf pan.  (muffin tins and small pans work great too.)

    Bake at 325 degrees (1 hour 35 minutes for one large pan, 25 minutes for muffin tins, and 35-40 minutes for small loaf pans.  Bake until golden.  On loaf pans check center of bread with toothpick, it should come out clean.

A to Z

Apples                            Coconut                         Marmalade(omit 1C. sugar)

Applesauce                     Dates                              Oranges                        

Apricots                          Figs                                Peaches                         Tapioca

Bananas                          Grapes                            Pumpkin                        Yogurt

Carrots                           Honey(omit sugar)          Raisins                           Yams

Cherries                         Lemons                           Strawberries                    Zucchini