Raspberry Pecan Mini Loaves Food

MINI CHERRY-PECAN STREUSEL LOAVES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Butter and flour six mini loaf pans (each 5 3/4 by 3 inches). Make streussel topping: in a bowl, mix streusel ingredients with fingertips until most clumps form. Place in freezer.
• Make cherry-pecan batter: In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda. In a large bowl, whisk butter, sugar, sour cream, eggs and vanilla until smooth. Mix in dry ingredients until moistened. Fold in dried cherries and pecans.
• Divide batter evenly among prepared pans; spread to fill corners. Place pans on a baking sheet. Bake 15 minutes, then remove from oven and quickly sprinkle loaves with streusel topping.
• Return loaves to oven; bake until golden and a toothpick inserted in center comes out with only a few moist crumbs attached, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool loaves 10 minutes in pans; turn out of pans, and cool completely, streusel side up, on a rack.

MINI CRANBERRY-PECAN LOAVES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350.
• Butter a 9" pan or 3 small pans.
• In a large bowl, cream together butter, brown sugar till smooth. Add vanilla and salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, eggs orange juice and beat to combine.
• In another bowl mix flour, salt, soda, powder, add this to the creamed mixture and gently beat with spoon just till flour disappears. fold in berries and pecans. pour batter into pan and bake 50-60 minutes for large loaf or 30-35 minutes for small ones.
• The bread is done when toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool in pan 30 minutes then turn onto rack to cool completely. Then wrap.