Papaya Bread II

Submitted by Muffin Goddess

"Nice moist quick-bread, excellent for using up any papaya that is somewhat past it's prime for eating fresh. Like most quick-bread recipes, it's very adaptable. I've made equally yummy combinations of papaya-mango and papaya-banana breads when I didn't have the full amount of papaya available. Freezes well (cool completely, slice, then wrap loaf tightly in plastic wrap or foil.)"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 2 8inch loaves
• Serves: 16

ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 1 cup applesauce
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1⁄2 medium papaya, pureed to make 2 cups
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Grease two 8" loaf pans.
3. Beat eggs, applesauce, and vanilla in large bowl.
4. Add sugar, beating until well blended.
5. Blend in papaya puree.
6. In a smaller bowl, sift together all dry ingredients (baking powder to flour).
7. Add flour mixture to papaya mixture.
8. Blend only until moistened, preferably by hand (overmixing will produce a tough bread).
9. Fold in nuts (if using).
10. Pour evenly into prepared pans.
11. Bake at 350 degrees F for about 1 hour, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean (with moist crumbs attached).
12. Cool pans on wire rack for 5 minutes.
13. Remove bread from pans and continue cooling, or slice and serve warm with butter or cream cheese (apple cinnamon flavored Brummel& Brown spread is wonderful with this as well).

Reviews

[susie cooks]

Very nice and moist. It is very dense. I made one loaf and 6 muffins with this recipe. Made for ZWT 5.

 

[Simply Chris]

I have made this bread exactly as the recipe is written, but yesterday I made it using strawberry puree, pecans and just for fun, I tossed in 1/4 cup dark chocolate bits. Either way, this is a great recipe. Everyone loved it. Thanks for posting.

 

[SAHMchef]

The bread was OK, but I have to agree with YungB that it was too dense and heavy, even for a quick bread. It might have turned out better with less papaya. I made some into mini-loaves and some into muffins, and the muffins turned out slightly better and more solid. I didn't care for the strong taste of papaya so I added a dash of nutmeg and 1/8 teaspoon of cloves.

 

[YungB]

The bread itself tastes good but the texture is too dense and wet. I baked the 2nd loaf a bit longer to see if it would help and it didn't. The crust got kinda crispy but the inside was still gooey. And I followed the recipe exactly too. :(

 

[Brandnewday]

This bread turned out great!! Hubby made it in the Sun Oven today and I really enjoyed the nice moist yummy bread. He used whole wheat flour and natural cane sugar.