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A-To-Z Bread

photo by Marg (CaymanDesigns)


- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 43
- Yields:
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2 loaves
- Serves:
- 16
ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon, ground
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup walnuts, chopped
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A-to-Z ingredients
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choose any combination of the following to equal 2 cups
- 2 cups apples, grated (optional)
- 2 cups applesauce (optional)
- 2 cups apricots, chopped (optional)
- 2 cups bananas, mashed (optional)
- 2 cups carrots, grated (optional)
- 2 cups cherries, pitted and chopped (optional)
- 2 cups fresh coconut, grated (optional)
- 2 cups dates, pitted and chopped (optional)
- 2 cups eggplants, grated (optional)
- 2 cups figs, finely chopped (optional)
- 2 cups seedless grapes (optional)
- 2 cups honey (omit the sugar) (optional)
- 1⁄2 cup lemon juice (optional)
- 2 cups marmalade (omit 1 cup of the sugar) (optional)
- 2 cups mincemeat (optional)
- 2 cups oranges, chopped (optional)
- 2 cups peaches, chopped (optional)
- 1⁄2 cup of fresh mint (optional)
- 2 cups pears, chopped (optional)
- 2 cups crushed pineapple, drained (optional)
- 1 cup prune, chopped, pitted (optional)
- 2 cups canned pumpkin (optional)
- 2 cups raisins (optional)
- 2 cups raspberries (optional)
- 2 cups rhubarb, chopped (optional)
- 2 cups fresh strawberries (optional)
- 2 cups frozen strawberries, drained (optional)
- 2 cups sweet potatoes, grated (optional)
- 2 cups cooked tapioca (optional)
- 2 cups tomatoes (add and extra 1/2 cup sugar) (optional)
- 2 cups yams, cooked and mashed (optional)
- 2 cups yogurt (optional)
- 2 cups zucchini, grated (optional)
directions
- In a mixing bowl, combine the sugar, oil and eggs; mix well.
- Stir in A-to-Z ingredients of your choice and vanilla.
- Combine flour cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt; stir into liquid ingredients just until moistened. Stir in nuts.
- Pour into two greased 8-in. x 4-in. x 2-in. loaf pans. Bake at 325 F for 55-65 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack.
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Excellent bread - even if I did have some issues with it getting stuck in the pan (my fault - not the recipe's!) I made it with chopped peaches - a little more than 2 cups, and, as always, I tweaked it a bit. I used 1 tsp each nutmeg & ginger in place of the cinnamon ( I love those spices with peaches), only 1.5 cups of sugar, used white-wheat flour for 1 cup of the AP flour, and replaced 1/3 cup of oil with milk. I'll definitely make this again - it's a great base recipe for me to create variations from!!
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Great and easy recipe. I didn't want to make so much so I cut the recipe by 2/3. I used splenda in place of sugar, eggwhites instead of the egg and plain fat free yogurt instead of the oil. I added fresh strawberries for my optional ingredient and omitted the cinnamon, although it may have been great. I only had to bake for about 20 minutes with the smaller recipe but it was fabulous strawberry bread!
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I made this last Tuesday for a party on Saturday... froze and thawed perfectly, for one. Tasted wonderful, for another. I made it with grated apple after squeezing some of the apple juice out because I was worried it would be soggy. Actually, it might have been just more moist if I'd left the juice it; compared to the storebought carrot loaf, it was just slightly dry. Anyway, I added extra cinnamon and replaced some of the oil with applesauce. It had the soul of apple cake in the body of quick bread. The one thing I question about this bread is whether the nuts are necessary... But, on the whole, this is a winner.
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Sitting here savoring the last morsels of my warm slice of sweet potato bread with cranberries. Next time I may cut the sugar a bit as the sweet potatoes bring so much natural sweetness to the bread. I am sometimes reluctant to post a review after making lots of substitutions but wanted others to know that this recipe can be lightened up and still result in a scrumptious loaf. My substitutions: replaced 1 cup sugar with Splenda replaced 1/2 cup oil with apple sauce replaced 3 eggs with 3/4 cup egg beaters replaced 1 cup all purpose flour with whole wheat flour
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Marg (CaymanDesigns)
United States
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