Amaretto Bread Bread Machine Food

HAZELNUT-AMARETTO LOAF (BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• According to the manufacturer's directions add the flour, milk, nuts, egg, sugar, margarine or butter, liqueur, yeast, and salt to a bread machine pan, .
• Bake and cool as directed.
• Drizzle cooled bread with Amaretto Glaze. If desired, top with additional nuts. Makes 1 - 1-1/2 pound loaf (24 servings).
• Amaretto Glaze: In a small bowl stir together 1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon amaretto or hazelnut liqueur or 1/2 teaspoon almond extract, and enough milk (1 to 2 teaspoons) to make a glaze consistency.

AMARETTO BREAD (BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• To make the Almond Confectioner's Sugar: place the nuts in the workbowl of a food processor with half of the confectioner's sugar; process until finely ground and fluffy.
• Add the rest of the sugar and process until a fine powder is created; use for dusting holiday breads and sweet rolls; you will need 1/4 cup for this recipe.
• Preheat the oven to 350°; coarsely chop the almonds and spread them evenly on a clean baking sheet.
• Bake until lightly toasted, about 5-7 minutes; remove from the oven and let cool.
• Place the ingredients, except the almonds, in the pan according to the order in the manufacturer's directions.
• Set crust on medium and program for the Basic cycle; press Start.
• When the machine beeps, or between knead 1 and knead 2, add the almonds.
• Touch and press the dough with your fingers; it should be soft and pliable.
• When the baking cycle ends, immediately remove the bread from the pan and place it on a rack.
• Let cool to room temperature; then dust with Almond Confectioner's Sugar before slicing.

AMARETTO BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• 1. Break up bread into small pieces and place in a medium-sized bowl. Cover the bread with the half-n-half, and let soak for one hour. Preheat oven to 325°, and grease a 9x13 baking dish with the butter. Just as bread is finishing its 1-hour soak time: In a small bowl, beat together eggs, sugar and almond extract. Stir gently into bread mixture. Gently fold raisins and sliced almonds into the bread mixture. Spread bread mixture into the prepared baking dish. Set on middle rack of oven, and bake for 50 minutes until golden brown.
• 2. FOR THE AMARETTO SAUCE: While bread pudding is baking, melt butter and sugar over low heat and let cool. Add other ingreds. and stir until blended. Can be chilled and spooned over warm bread pudding, or drizzled over slightly cooled pudding to soak in as a glaze.
• 3. Bread pudding is best served warm, and it freezes well if you haven't added the sauce.

AMARETTO CHERRY NUT BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350^.grease bottoms only of 5(5x3-inch) mini loaf pans bake- 35-45 minutes or 2 (8x4-inch) loaf pans- bake 45-50 minutes.
• 2. Bread: Combine sugar and butter in large bowl; beat at medium speed until smooth and creamy. Add eggs; continue beating until well mixed. Reduce speed to low; add milk. Beat until well mixed. Add dry ingredients and continue beating just until flour is moistened- like for muffins.
• 3. Gently stir in liqueur and cherries. Spoon batter evenly into prepared pans of your choice. --- Combine all topping ingredients in a small bowl; mix well. Sprinkle over batter. Bake in preheated oven according to times above or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pans; remove to wire cooling rack. Brush with butter and brandy heated. Cool completely.

LITTLE AMARETTO LOAF CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Grease and flour four 5-3/4x3x2-in. loaf pans., In a large bowl, beat eggs, sugar, water, amaretto, oil and melted butter until well blended. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into egg mixture. Stir in almonds., Transfer to prepared pans. Bake 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. , Meanwhile, for glaze, combine sugar, water and butter in a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Cook and stir 3 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in amaretto., Remove cakes from oven; cool in pans on a wire rack 5 minutes. Pour glaze over cakes while in pans; let stand until glaze is absorbed, about 30 minutes. Remove cakes from pans. Store cooled cakes, covered, in refrigerator.

BREAD PUDDING WITH AMARETTO SAUCE

Steps:

• Place raisins in small bowl. Pour amaretto over and let soak 20 minutes. Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Generously butter 12x9x2 baking pan. Place bread in a large bowl. Pour milk and half-and-half over. Let soak 5 min. Mash with fork or potato masher.
• Whisk eggs with sugar, butter, vanilla and cinnamon in medium bowl. Mix with bread, Add raisins, toss to coat. Transfer bread mixture to prepared pan.
• Bake until is deep golden-brown about 1 hour. Remove from oven, let cool.
• For Sauce
• Melt butter with both sugars in heavy medium saucepan, over low heat, stirring until sugars dissolve.
• Whisk egg in small bowl. Gradually whisk in some of melted butter mixture. Return mixture to saucepan and whisk until smooth, 1 min. DO NOT BOIL * whisk in amaretto *.
• Spoon over warm bread pudding. Cut pudding into 12 to 16 pieces. Serve with Cool Whip if desired.

AMARETTO

Steps:

• Combine water and sugars in a saucepan over medium heat. Heat until the mixture is boiling, and all of the sugar is dissolved. Remove the pan from the heat and let the mixture cool for 10 minutes.
• Stir vodka, almond extract and vanilla extract into the mixture. Store in a sealed bottle.