Barbs Best Bran Bread Food

BARB'S BEST ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325* and grease bottom only of two 9 x 5 bread pans.
• Beat eggs until foamy.
• Stir in sugar, zucchini, oil and vanilla.
• Combine dry ingredients and spices and gradually add to wet ingredients.
• Fold in nuts and raisins.
• Pour into prepared pans.
• Bake for 60 to 80 minutes or until center tests done.
• Cool for 10 minutes on rack and then remove from pans.
• Cool completely on rack before slicing.

BARMBRACK (IRISH SWEET BREAD)

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk the yeast and milk together. Leave it to bubble slowly in a warm spot 10 minutes, then whisk in the beaten egg.
• In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, put the flour, cinnamon, clove, mace, salt, butter and sugar. Mix well, incorporating butter with fingertips (or paddle, if using mixer) until absorbed.
• Pour the yeast-milk-egg mixture into the flour mixture and stir with a wooden spoon (or dough hook, with mixer).
• When the dough begins to come together, add the raisins, currants, lemon zest and orange zest, then mix to combine. It will be somewhat sticky dough. Dust lightly with flour, turn out onto a floured surface and knead for a few minutes until the dough feels smooth. Pat dough into a rectangle.
• Butter a loaf pan and lay in the dough, pushing down so dough covers bottom of pan. Stretch plastic wrap loosely over pan and put in a warm place, covered with a kitchen towel, for about an hour, until doubled in size. Uncover.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees and center a rack in the oven. Bake loaf on the centered rack for 45 minutes, until well browned. Carefully tip the loaf out of the pan onto a cooling rack. To tell whether it's done, thump the bottom of the loaf with your fingertips; it should sound hollow. Let cool to room temperature before slicing, if possible.

BANANA BRAN BREAKFAST BREAD

Steps:

• To make buttermilk if fresh is not available, combine 1 tbsp (15 ml) of white vinegar with milk.
• Preheat oven to 350 °F (180 °C).
• In a large bowl, stir together bran, both flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon; set aside.
• In a medium bowl, beat together buttermilk, brown sugar, butter, eggs, bananas, orange juice and peel.
• Fold into dry ingredients just until moistened.
• Stir in raisins and walnuts and spoon batter into a buttered 9"x 5" (23 x 13 cm) loaf pan.
• Bake for 55 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
• For the adventurous:Add dried cranberries instead of raisins.

HIGH FLAVOR BRAN BREAD

Steps:

• Place ingredients in order indicated by your manufacturer. Select the whole wheat or whole grain setting.