Peach Ricotta Mini Loaves Food

GRILLED PEACHES AND RICOTTA

Steps:

• 1. Preheat a gas or charcoal grill to medium-high, or place a ridged grill pan over medium-high heat.
• 2. Spread the butter over each of the peach halves.
• 3. Grill the peaches, flat sides down, until warmed through, about 4 minutes.
• 4. Meanwhile, bring 1/2 cup water to a boil. Pour in the sugar and honey and stir until all the sugar has dissolved.
• 5. Serve the peach halves with generous spoonfuls of the ricotta in the centers, and drizzled with the sugar syrup.

PEACH RICOTTA MINI LOAVES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F; spray 4 mini loaf pans with a light spray of nonstick cooking spray (or use 1 9x5 loaf pan, if you wish, but you'll need to bake the one loaf longer, likely about 50 minutes) and set aside.
• Sift, through a sieve, the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a mixing bowl; set aside.
• In another mixing bowl, blend together the brown sugar, ricotta, oil, eggs and vanilla; set aside.
• Open tin of peaches and drain very well; set aside 8 slices (which you will need to garnish top of loaves).
• Dice remaining peach slices to make one cup; if using fresh peaches, you will need one cup diced peaches (peel peaches first) plus the slices for garnish.
• If your diced peaches seem wet (they likely will), pat dry with paper towel.
• Add flour mixture to ricotta mixture all at once and stir just until flour is incorporated; do not overstir.
• Stir diced peaches into mixture.
• Divide mixture between the 4 mini loaf pans and smooth tops.
• Place two peach slices atop each, then sprinkle top of each with turbinado sugar, approximately 1/2 tsp per loaf pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 35-40 minutes, until tops are golden brown and a tester inserted in centre of loaves comes out clean.
• Let cool in pans for 20 minutes, then remove loaves from pans and let cool completely on a rack.

SPINACH-PARMESAN MINI LOAVES (OR MUFFINS)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F
• Spray bottoms of 3 mini loaf pans (5-1/2x3 inches).
• In large bowl, whisk together flour, cheese, sugar, baking powder, basil, onion powder, salt and pepper.
• In medium-size bowl, whisk egg, milk and oil until blended; stir in spinach.
• Make a well in the flour mixture; pour in egg mixture. Fold or stir gently until dry ingredients are just moistened.
• Spoon 1 cup batter into each mini loaf pan. If desired, sprinkle 1 teaspoon grated Parmesan over each loaf.
• Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Remove pans to wire rack and cool for 5 minutes. Remove bread from pans; cool on rack.
• NOTE: For muffins, coat bottoms of muffin pans with cooking spray or line with muffin-cup liners. For 12 standard muffins, spoon 1/4 cup batter into each cup. Bake for 20 minutes.
• For 36 mini muffins, prepare 3 mini muffin pans. Spoon 1 slighty rounded tablespoon batter into each cup. Bake for 15 minutes.

PISTACHIO MINI LOAVES

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, combine cake and pudding mixes.
• Add sour cream, eggs, oil and water; beat until blended Pour into five greased 5-3/4-in.
• x 3-in.
• x 2-in.
• loaf pans.
• Combine the pecans, brown sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over batter.
• Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

BLUEBERRY MINI LOAVES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Prepare 16 mini loaf pans with cooking spray and flour; set aside.
• (Note: I use petite loaf pans with capacity for 9 loaves, size 2 1/2 x 3 3/8 x 1 1/2 in; or use the mini loaf pan with capacity for 6 loaves, size 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 in, from Wilton Brand that you can buy at any local arts and crafts store).
• In a mixing bowl, combine flour, blueberries, sugar, baking powder, lemon peel, and salt; set aside.
• In another mixing bowl, combine applesauce, whole eggs, oil, and milk. Mix with the flour mixture.
• Beat egg whites and fold into dry and wet mixtures, stirring until moistened. Spoon each loaf pan with three ounces batter or about half cup of batter. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until tops are browned.
• Note: Calories 209 and 3.7 Weight Watchers points.

LENNIE'S CRANBERRY MANDARIN MINI LOAVES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F; spray 4 mini loaf pans with Pam and set aside (you could also do this in two 8x4 loaf pans, if you can't find the smaller pans, but the baking time will likely be longer).
• In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients (flour, sugar, baking powder and salt); add cranberries to flour mixture and stir so berries are somewhat coated in flour-- this helps prevent the cranberries from sinking to the bottom of the loaves when baking.
• Set aside.
• In a separate bowl, beat eggs and milk (I used lowfat milk) with a mixer on low, then beat in 1/4 cup juice reserved from tinned oranges, the oil, the extract and the orange zest.
• Stir wet mixture into dry mixture, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened; do not overmix.
• Make sure tinned oranges are well drained, then stir into batter.
• Divide batter between 4 mini loaf pans (you'll find they'll be about 3/4 full).
• Bake in preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes; a tester will come out clean.
• Cool on rack in tins for about 15 minutes, then remove from tins and let sit on rack until completely cool.

PEACH LOAVES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
• In a separate bowl, combine egg, buttermilk, butter, orange peel, peaches, and brown sugar.
• Add peach mixture to dry ingredients and stir just until moistened; stir in nuts.
• Spoon mixture into 2 (8x4) loaf pans that have been sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
• Bake for 50-60 minutes.

CHERRY NUT MINI LOAVES

Steps:

• Heat cherries and brandy in saucepan over low heat just until mixture starts to simmer.
• Remove from heat; let stand 5 minutes for cherries to soften.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Coat 3 mini loaf pans (6x3x2") with nonstick cooking spray.
• Mix together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and allspice in large bowl.
• Beat together eggs and sugars in medium-sized bowl until well blended.
• Beat in buttermilk and oil.
• Make a well in center of flour mixture.
• Add egg mixture to well.
• Stir with a wooden spoon just until the flour mixture is evenly moistened and better comes together.
• Fold in walnuts and cherries with their soaking liquid from the saucepan.
• Divide batter equally among prepared mini loaf pans.
• Bake in 350 degree oven for 30-40 minutes or until wood pick inserted in centers of loaves comes out clean.
• Let loaves cool in pans on wire rack for 10 minutes.
• Turn loaves out onto wire rack to cool.
• NOTE: You can bake 1 9x5x3" loaf.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 60-65 minutes.