Texas Cranberry Jalapeno Bread Food

JALAPENO CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Rinse berries in cold water; drain.
• In a saucepan, mix water and sugar; stir to dissolve sugar. Bring to boil. Add cranberries, Jalapeno peppers, and lemon juice, and return to boil. Reduce heat and simmer gently for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add sherry and stir well. Remove from heat and let cool completely at room temperature.
• Refrigerate in a glass container with cover. Serve with turkey or chicken.

TEXAS CRANBERRY JALAPENO BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• In a large bowl, mix dry ingredients (flour through cranberries).
• In a medium bowl, mix eggs, juice, vanilla, jelly, and butter.
• Make a well in center of dry ingredients.
• Fold wet ingredients into dry and mix only until ingredients are combined.
• Pour into 2 well greased loaf pans.
• Bake 50-60 minutes.

TEXAS BREAD

Steps:

• Melt butter in pan.
• Spoon mixture into pan allowing melted butter to cover sides of each spoonful. Bake at 400 until brown.

SPICY CRANBERRY-JALAPENO SPREAD

Steps:

• Place cranberries and orange pieces in food processor or use a food grinder.
• Pulse to finely chop or grind.
• Remove to bowl; add sugar.
• Blend.
• Add diced Jalapeno and enough mayo to bind.
• Enoy!

POPPIN' JALAPENO BREAD

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in warm water in a large bowl; let stand 5 minutes until foamy.
• Combine dissolved yeast, egg and butter; mix until butter melts.
• Combine 3 cups flour, sugar, salt and garlic salt.
• Gradually add flour mixture to yeast mixture, beating at medium speed of electric mixer until smooth.
• Beat in peppers, cheese, onion and enough of the remaining flour to form a soft dough.
• Turn dough out onto a well-floured surface and knead 1 minute.
• Shape dough into a loaf; place in a greased 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan.
• Cover and let rise in a warm place, free from drafts, 30 minutes or until doubled in bulk.
• Preheat oven to 400.
• Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until done and loaf sounds hollow when tapped.
• Remove from pan and allow to cool on wire rack.

TEXAS PAN BREAD (PAN DE CAMPO)

Steps:

• This is from a recipe my grandmother use to make in Texas.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• Stir together the dry ingredients.
• Blend in the butter using a pastry cutter (you can use your fingers) until the mixture is crumbly.
• Add milk slowly until a soft, not to sticky, ball of dough is formed.
• Turn the dough out on a floured surface and knead gently for about 1 minute.
• Flatten the ball of dough and roll out into about a 1/2 inch thick round.
• Place some butter (about a tablespoon) in a cast iron skillet.
• Place iron skillet in oven just to melt the butter.
• Remove the iron skillet as soon as the butter melts and swirl the butter to coat the bottom of the pan.
• Carefully place the dough into the skillet.
• Bake about 6 minutes, then flip the bread and bake another 6 minutes.
• Variations: Sprinkle cheddar cheese on top of bread after flipping. Spread a mixture of brown sugar and cinnamon on top after flipping.