Raisin Ginger Breads Food

RAISIN GINGERBREAD MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in sour cream and molasses. Combine 2 cups flour, baking soda, ginger, allspice and cinnamon; add to creamed mixture just until moistened. Toss the raisins with the remaining flour; stir into batter., Fill paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake at 375° for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

RAISIN GINGER BREADS

Steps:

• Into a bowl sift together the flour, the baking soda, the salt, the ginger, and the cinnamon. In a large bowl with an electric mixer cream the butter with the brown sugar and beat in the eggs, 1 at a time. In a small bowl whisk together the sour cream and the molasses. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture alternately with the molasses mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture and beating the batter after each addition until it is just combined, and stir in the raisins. Divide the batter among 5 buttered and floured loaf pans, each 5 3/4 by 3 1/4 by 2 inches, and bake the breads in the middle of a preheated 350°F. oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. Remove the breads from the pans and let them cool, right sides up, on a rack. The breads keep, wrapped well in plastic wrap and foil, chilled for 1 week or frozen for 1 month.

OLD-FASHIONED GINGERBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8 by 8-inch cake pan and line with parchment paper. Grease and flour the pan.
• Place the rum and raisins in a small pan, cover and heat until the rum boils. Turn off the heat and set aside. Place the butter and molasses in another small pan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Pour the mixture into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Cool for 5 minutes, then mix in the sour cream and orange zest.
• Meanwhile, sift the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and salt together in a small bowl. Mix with your hands until combined. With the mixer on low speed, slowly add the flour mixture to the molasses mixture and mix only until smooth. Drain the raisins and add them and crystallized ginger to the mixture with a spatula. Pour into the prepared pan and bake for about 35 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Set aside to cool completely.
• When the cake has cooled, whisk together the confectioners' sugar and orange juice and pour it onto the gingerbread, allowing it to drip down the sides. Allow the glaze to set. Cut the gingerbread into 9 squares.

GINGERBREAD-RAISIN SCONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Lightly grease baking sheet. Blend first 6 ingredients in processor. Add butter and process until mixture resembles coarse meal. Beat milk, egg, molasses and vanilla to blend in large bowl. Add flour mixture and raisins; stir gently until dough forms. Gather dough into ball. On lightly floured surface, press dough into 1-inch-thick round. Cut round into 8 wedges. Place on prepared baking sheet.
• Bake until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.

PUMPKIN GINGER BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Special equipment: 11 by 7-inch baking dish
• For the squash: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Cut the squash in quarters and remove the seeds. Brush the insides with a little oil and arrange on a baking sheet, skin side up. Roast in the preheated oven until the squash is soft all they way through, about 1 hour. Remove from the oven and let cool. (This can be done 1 or 2 days ahead.) When the squash is cold, remove it from the skin and puree in a food processor. You'll need 2 1/2 cups of squash puree for this recipe. If the mixture is dry while pureeing, add a ladleful of the pudding mixture.
• For the pudding: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, combine the heavy cream, eggs, brown sugar, spices, and vanilla and mix well to combine. Mix in the pumpkin puree. Combine the bread, raisins and ginger in the baking dish. Pour the pudding mixture over the bread to cover and let sit for 15 minutes.
• Cook's Note: You may not use all of the filling. Add more filling if there's room in the dish once the bread has soaked.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the custard is set, about 20 to 25 minutes.
• It's fall in a dessert! To serve, spoon the pudding into bowls and sprinkle a dusting of confectioners' sugar on top.

GINGER-CARROT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly coat an 8-by-4-inch (1 quart) loaf pan with cooking spray. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, oil, eggs, vanilla, and carrot juice. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, ginger, baking powder, and salt. Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture, whisking just to combine. Fold in the walnuts.
• Pour batter into prepared pan; bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, 45 to 55 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack; let cool in pan 10 minutes, then invert loaf onto rack to cool completely. Slice just before serving.

SULTANA & GINGER LOAF (BREAD MACHINE ABM)

Steps:

• Weigh the loaf ingredients into the bread machine baking pan in the order listed. The vitamin C is optional and is added only to serve as a 'Flour Improver'.
• Replace pan into bread machine and select a program suitable for a white fruit/raisin bread.
• At the beep, (usually about five minutes before the end of the final kneading,) add the sultanas/ginger.
• When finished, place on a wire rack to cool and immediately brush top and sides with a beaten sugar/milk glaze and sprinkle lots of oatmeal and ground ginger. Although optional, the glaze at the least is recommended as it will seal the crust helps it to keep fresher for longer.
• 12 slices is approximate as it depends how thick you like the slices :) Makes a 1 1/2Lb Loaf.
• Just a thought -- -- the quantity of caraway seeds is a 'conservative' guess btw as I poured some into my hand and added what I felt looked about right. It's important ('specially for me!) to go easy on the caraway seeds though as they have such a strong flavour.

ORANGE-RAISIN SODA BREAD

Steps:

• Mix flour, 1/2 cup of the cereal, sugar, baking powder and baking soda in medium bowl until well blended. Gradually add oil, stirring until mixture forms fine crumbs. Add raisins and caraway seed; mix well.
• Place buttermilk, eggs and orange zest in large bowl; beat with wire whisk until well blended. Add flour mixture; stir just until moistened.
• Place dough on floured surface; knead 10 times. Shape into ball; place on greased baking sheet which has been sprinkled with remaining 2 Tbsp. cereal. Flatten to 7-inch round loaf; cut 1/4-inch-deep 4-inch-long "X" in center of loaf.
• Bake at 350°F for 40 to 45 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on wire rack.

GOLDEN RAISIN PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Scald milk; stir in pumpkin, shortening, sugar, salt and spices.
• Cool to luke warm.
• Sprinkle yeast on warm water; stir to dissolve.
• To the yeast, add 3 cups flour, the milk mixture, and eggs.
• Beat with electric mixer at medium speed for 2 minutes, scraping the bowl occasionally.
• Stir in raisins (if desired).
• Mix in enough remaining flour, a little at a time, first with a spoon and then with hands, to make a dough that leaves the sides of bowl.
• Turn onto lightly floured counter.
• Knead until smooth and elastic, 8-10 minutes.
• (This step could probably be done with a KitchenAid Mixer and a bread hook for several minutes).
• Place dough in a lightly greased bowl and turn over to grease top.
• Cover and let rise in warm place until doubled in size (about 1- 1 1/2 hours).
• Punch down.
• Turn out onto counter and divide dough in half.
• Shape in loafs and place in 2 greased 9X5X3-inch loaf pans.
• Brush tops of loaves with melted butter.
• Cover and let rise until almost doubled, about 50 minutes.
• Bake in a preheated oven at 375°F for about 35 minutes, or until bread tests done.

GINGERBREAD WITH PECANS AND RAISINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Grease and flour a 9x13 baking pan.
• Mix together in a bowl the flour, soda, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt. Mix well.
• With a mixer, cream together the butter and cream cheese with the sugar. Add the eggs, one at a time until smooth and fluffy.
• Reduce speed of mixer to low and add in the molasses and hot water. Keep beating until incorporated. Add in flour mixture, by large spoonfuls untill well blended.
• By hand, mix in the pecans and raisins with a large spoon.
• Pour batter into baking pan and bake for 45-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool well before slicing.