Cream Cheese Spice Bread Food

SPICY CHEESE QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan and set aside.
• Mix flour, baking powder, salt, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, Italian seasoning, and Cheddar cheese together in a large bowl. Whisk in half-and-half cream, milk, and vegetable just until blended. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

DATE NUT SPICE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter the bottom of an 8 1/2 by 4 1/2 by 2 1/2-inch loaf pan. Line the bottom with parchment paper, then butter and flour the pan.
• Combine the dates and orange liqueur in a small bowl and set aside for 30 minutes. Stir occasionally.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and brown sugar together on medium speed for 1 minute. Scrape down the bowl. With the mixer on low, add the egg, vanilla, and orange zest. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and salt. With the mixer still on low, add the flour mixture alternately with the orange juice to the creamed mixture, beating only until combined. By hand, stir in the dates with their liquid, and the pecans.
• Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and smooth the top. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
• Meanwhile, in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the cream cheese, sugar, and orange zest on medium speed until just combined.
• Slice the bread and serve with the orange cream cheese on the side for spreading.

APPLE SPICE CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE ICING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Melt the butter in a large saute pan over medium heat. Toss in the apples and stir to coat them with the butter. Add the lemon juice and the apple cider. Cook until the apples have softened and the cider has reduced by half. Transfer the mixture to a food processor and pulse into a coarse paste. Reserve.
• In a large mixing bowl combine the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, both of the sugars and a pinch of salt. Make a well in the dry ingredients and add the pureed apples, the egg and vanilla. Stir to combine. Toss in the walnuts and raisins.
• Butter and flour a loaf pan. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and put it in the preheated oven. Bake until a toothpick, inserted in the center comes out clean, about 40 to 45 minutes.
• Remove the pan from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes. Remove the cake from the pan and cool completely.
• Cut the cake in half equatorially and spread half of the icing on the bottom layer. Replace the top half and ice the top of the cake, leave the sides bare. Slice and serve.
• Beat together all of the ingredients in a stand mixer or with a hand mixer until light and fluffy.

PUMPKIN SPICE BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350.
• in a large mixing bowl, combine pumpkin, sugar, water, vegetable oil and eggs.
• Beat until well mixed.
• Measure the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, baking powder, nutmeg and cloves into a separate bowl and stir until combined.
• Slowly add the dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture, beating until smooth.
• Grease two 9 x 5 inch loaf pans and dust with flour.
• Evenly divide the batter between the two pans.
• Bake for 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool for 10-15 minutes, then remove from pans by inverting onto a rack and tapping the bottoms.
• Slice and serve plain, buttered, or with cream cheese.
• Note: Cream cheese is the ONLY thing to put on this bread because--it is so so so yummy!

PUMPKIN BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x5 loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray. In a large bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin pie spice.
• In another large bowl combine eggs, mashed banana, pumpkin, sugar, and butter. Add egg mixture to flour mixture. Stir just until combined, batter will be lumpy. Pour batter into loaf pan.
• Bake for 55 to 60 minutes or until deep golden brown, or until bread passes the toothpick test. Let cool.
• For cream cheese topping, combine cream cheese, powdered sugar and pumpkin pie spice in a medium bowl. Mix well and spread over warm pumpkin banana bread. Let cool completely before slicing. Garnish with additional pumpkin pie spice if desired.

GARLIC AND HERB CREAM CHEESE

Steps:

• Mix together the butter, cream cheese, Parmesan cheese, garlic, oregano, parsley, thyme, dill, basil, and pepper in a bowl until evenly combined. Chill in refrigerator overnight or 8 hours. This can be frozen for long-term storage.

SPICY CREAM CHEESE SPREAD

Steps:

• Combine first 6 ingredients in a small bowl, stirring until blended.
• Spoon into an airtight container; cover and chill for at least 8 hours.
• Put into a serving dish and sprinkle with paprika.
• Serve with pita chips.

PUMPKIN-CREAM CHEESE BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Beat butter, cream cheese and sugar in large bowl with mixer until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition. Blend in pumpkin. Gradually add combined dry ingredients, mixing after each addition just until moistened. Stir in nuts.
• Pour into 2 greased and floured 9x5-inch loaf pans.
• Bake 55 min.or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool 5 min.; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely.