Mango Shortbread Food

MANGO BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 2 loaf pans.
• Sift flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt together in a large bowl; make a well in the center.
• Whisk eggs, butter, sugar, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl. Fold mango, coconut, and walnuts into the egg mixture; pour resulting mixture into the well in the center of the flour and mix well. Pour batter into prepared loaf pans and let sit at room temperature for 20 minutes.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

MANGO SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Cream crust ingredients.
• Pat 1/2 of mixture into a 9x13 inch pan. Set aside other half.
• Mix filling ingredients (sugar, flour, cinnamon), and fold in mangoes.
• Spread over crust; add rest of crust mixture over mango filling.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.

DOUBLE GINGER MANGO SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325ºF.
• Combine mango and grated gingerroot in a small bowl; stir in hot water and set aside. (kitchen shears cut the dried mango easier than a knife).
• Combine flour, sugars, ground ginger and salt.
• Cut in butter (if using a food processor - pulse 5-6 times until mixture resembles coarse meal. Don't over process!).
• Combine beaten egg with mango mixture from step 2 and stir into flour/butter mixture. (Again, if using a food processor, only pulse 5-6 times to mix).
• Press evenly into a 10-inch by 15-inch rimmed baking pan.
• Sprinkle with almonds.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes or until lighlt browned.
• Cut into 1 1/2 inch pieces while still warm.

MAGIC MANGO BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease two 9x5 inch loaf pans.
• In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. In a large bowl, beat together the butter, oil and sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition, then stir in the vanilla. Blend this mixture into the flour mixture; just to combine. Fold in the mango, raisins, walnuts and coconut; mixing just enough to evenly combine.
• Let stand for 20 minutes then bake in preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean.