Breakfast Apple Bran Loaf Food

BREAKFAST APPLE BRAN LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F. Grease a 9x5 loaf pan or line it with parchment paper.
• Into a large mixing bowl, combine the eggs and buttermilk and whisk well to combine. Add the grated apple, melted butter and vanilla and stir to mix. Add the bran cereal and let it sit for 5 minutes to absorb liquid.
• While you're waiting, in another bowl, combine the dry ingredients. Combine the all purpose flour, oat bran, cane sugar, muscavado, pecans, baking soda, baking powder, sea salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Stir to mix. Add the wet ingredients in with the dry and stir just to combine, do not overmix.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan, it should come up no more than 3/4 way up the pan. Sprinkle the top of the loaf with a handful of oat bran and brown or turbinado sugar. Bake on the middle rack for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick in the center comes out clean. Allow it to cool completely before removing it from the pan.
• Slice with a serrated knife and serve with butter on the side.
• Loaf can be kept covered at room temperature for 3 days or for 5 days in the fridge.

APPLE BREAKFAST BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease an 8x4 inch loaf pan.
• In a bowl, mix the butter and sugar until smooth and creamy. Beat in the eggs.
• In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and cloves. Mix into the butter mixture until moistened. Fold in the apples. Transfer to the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

SWISS CHEESE AND APPLE BREAKFAST LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Butter and flour a loaf pan, or line pans with parchment paper.
• In a frying pan over medium heat, melt 3 Tbsp butter and cook apples until soft. Sprinkle with cinnamon and cool.
• I a large bowl, combine dry ingedients with diced Swiss cheese. Make a well in the centre.
• In a separate bowl, cream 1/2 cup butter with brown sugar. Beat in eggs one at a time. Gradually add milk, vanilla and apple mixture.
• Pour liquid ingredients into the well of dry ingredients and stir with wooden spoom until combined. Don't over-mix. Spread batter in prepared loaf pan. If desired insert more sliced apples on top.
• Bake in centre of oven for 1 hour. Loaf is ready when a toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean. Sprinkle with icing sugar is desired after cool down.
• While loaf is baking, prepare the rest of the breakfast: Juice, yogurt, fresh fruit and coffee!
• NOTE: Can be ladled into muffin cups to bake for 15 - 20 minutes depending on their size if time is a factor.
• Batter may be prepared the day before, refigerated and baked in the morning - allow for a little extra baking time (10 - 15 minutes) if mixture is cold from fridge.
• Freezes very well.

BANANA-APPLE BRAN LOAF

Steps:

• Stir together flour, soda, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.
• In medium bowl, stir together banana, applesauce, milk and KELLOGG'S ALL-BRAN cereal. Let stand about 5 minutes or until cereal softens.
• In large mixing bowl, beat margarine and sugar until combined Add egg. Beat well. Mix in cereal mixture. Stir in flour mixture, mixing until combined. Spread evenly in 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray.
• Bake at 350° F about 50 minutes or until wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean. Let cool 10 minutes in pan. Remove from pan and cool completely before slicing.