Walnut Buttermilk Bread Food

WALNUT BUTTERMILK QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°F Lightly coat a 5-by-9-inch loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• 2. Coarsely chop 1/2 cup walnuts. Reserve remaining walnut halves.
• 3. In a large bowl, with mixer on medium-high speed, beat to blend egg, buttermilk, and butter. Add chopped walnuts, flour, brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt and vanilla; stir just until evenly moistened.
• 4. Pour into loaf pan and arrange remaining walnut halves evenly on top of batter.
• 5. Bake 45 to 50 minutes, until bread begins to pull away from side of pan. Let bread cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes. Run a knife between bread and pan sides, then turn out onto wire rack. Let cool 10 minutes before slicing.

BANANA WALNUT BUTTERMILK BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl cream together the sugar and the butter; add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition.
• Beat in mashed bananas and vanilla and continue beating until mixture is smooth.
• In a large measuring cup stir baking soda into the buttermilk and add it to the banana mixture along with the flour and chopped nuts.
• Stir the batter until it is just combined.
• Pour batter into a greased and floured 9x5 inch loaf pan and bake for one hour or until tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Transfer the bread to a rack and let it cool in the pan for 10 minutes.
• Turn it out onto a rack and let it cool completely.

BUTTERMILK NUT BREAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, beat the egg. Gradually beat in brown sugar and shortening. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to egg mixture alternately with buttermilk. Beat just until moistened. Stir in nuts. Pour into a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 45-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack.

BANANA WALNUT BREAD

Steps:

• Sift the flour, baking soda, and salt into a medium bowl, set aside. Whisk the eggs and vanilla together in a liquid measuring cup with a spout, set aside. Lightly brush a 9 by 5 by 3-inch loaf pan with butter. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or with an electric hand-held mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually pour the egg mixture into the butter while mixing until incorporated. Add the bananas (the mixture will appear to be curdled, so don't worry), and remove the bowl from the mixer.
• With a rubber spatula, mix in the flour mixture until just incorporated. Fold in the nuts and transfer the batter to the prepared pan. Bake for 55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean. Cool the bread in the pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Turn the bread out of the pan and let cool completely on the rack. Wrap in plastic wrap. The banana bread is best if served the next day.

ZUCCHINI BUTTERMILK BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine butter, oil and sugars; blend together until fluffy.
• In a small bowl, combine flour, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg & walnuts (optional).
• To the butter/sugar mixture, add one egg at a time and mix gently after each addition; mix in vanilla.
• To the buttermilk, add baking soda (this activates the flavors in the buttermilk).
• Alternating with buttermilk and flour mixture, add a little at a time to the large bowl containing the wet ingredients. When adding last bit of flour mixture, stir, DO NOT beat or over mix.
• Pour into a loaf pan and bake at 300 degrees for 1 hour 15 minute to 1 hour 25 minutes or until done in center.

MAPLE AND WALNUT QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Weigh or lightly spoon flours into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flours, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl; make a well in center of mixture.
• Combine buttermilk, syrup, oil, and egg in a bowl; add to flour mixture, stirring just until moist. Stir in vanilla.
• Spoon batter into an 8 x 4-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle with walnuts.
• Bake at 350° for 50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.

OAT AND WALNUT BUTTERMILK BRAID

Steps:

• Stir warm water and honey in large bowl to blend. Sprinkle yeast over. Let stand until foamy, about 8 minutes. Heat buttermilk in small saucepan to lukewarm (about 100°F.). Stir into yeast mixture. Add 2 cups bread flour, 2 cups oats, wheat flour, oil and salt and stir until smooth. Gradually mix in enough remaining bread flour to form dough. Cover and let dough rest 15 minutes.
• Turn out dough onto floured surface. Knead until smooth and elastic, Adding more bread flour if sticky, about 10 minutes. Knead in nuts. Oil large bowl. Add dough; turn to coat. Cover bowl with clean towel; let rise in warm area until doubled, about 50 minutes.
• Oil large baking sheet. Punch down dough. Turn out onto oiled surface; knead briefly. Divide dough into 3 pieces. Roll each piece into 16-inch-long rope. Braid ropes together; tuck ends under and pinch to seal. Transfer to prepared sheet. Cover with clean towel. Let rise in warm area until almost doubled, about 45 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375°F. Whisk egg and milk in bowl. Brush loaf generously with some of egg mixture. Sprinkle with additional oats. Bake until golden and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Transfer to rack; cool. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Wrap tightly; store at room temperature.)

WALNUT BUTTERMILK BREAD

Steps:

• Coarsely chop 1/2 cup walnuts. Reserve remaining walnut halves.
• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Lightly coat a 5-by-9-inch loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, with mixer on medium-high speed, beat to blend egg, buttermilk, and butter. Add chopped walnuts, flour, brown sugar, baking soda and powder, salt and vanilla; stir just until evenly moistened.
• Pour into loaf pan and arrange remaining walnut halves evenly on top of batter.
• Bake 45 to 50 minutes, until bread begins to pull away from side of pan. Let bread cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes. Run a knife between bread and pan sides, then turn out onto wire rack. Let cool 10 minutes.
• Slice and serve.

MOIST BANANA WALNUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Grease and flour a loaf pan.
• Cream the butter and sugar thoroughly.
• Add the bananas, eggs and vanilla; beat well.
• Sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
• Stir flour mixture into the banana mixture, alternating with the buttermilk.
• Add walnuts and mix well.
• Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake at 325°F for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• Let the bread cool in the pan for 10 minutes before turning it out onto a cooling rack to cool completely.