Delicious Old Fashion Bread Recipes

These are perfect to enjoy or give as gifts. Old fashion Gingerbread to Pineapple Carrot Bread you and your friends and family will love them! While some people think of gingerbread only at the holidays, it is a good healthy bread and we enjoy it year round. The Pineapple Carrot Bread is a delicious sweet bread and is perfect for brunches, gifting, and holiday breads from Easter to Christmas.

GINGERBREAD

2 1/4 cups unsifted all-purpose flour

3/4 cup sugar

1 tsp soda

1/2 tsp baking powder

2 tsp ginger

1 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp ground cloves

14 tsp salt

3/4 cup soft margarine

3/4 cup water

1/2 cup dark molasses

Place the flour, sugar, soda, baking powder, spices and salt in a mixing bowl; mix together well. Add the margarine, water, and molasses. Mix at low speed of an electric mixer until well blended, about a minute. Pour the batter into a lightly greased 10-inch cast iron skillet or a 9-inch square baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes or until the gingerbread springs bakc when lightly touched in the center.

Best served warm.

Yield: 12 servings

PINEAPPLE CARROT BREAD

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 pkg active dry yeast

1 can (8-oz) crushed pineapple in its own juice

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1/4 cup butter

1/2 tsp salt

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 cup shredded carrot

Lightly greased an 8-inch loaf pan and set aside.

In a large mixing bowl stir together the 1/4 cup of the flour and the yeast; set aside.

Drain the pineapple and reserve 1/3 cup of juice. In a saucepan, heat and stir reserved pineapple juice, sugar, butter, and salt just until warm (120-130 degrees) and butter is almost melted. Add to the flour and yeast mixture. Add the egg and vanilla extract. Using an electric mixer on low speed, beat the mixture for less than a minute, scraping down sides of bowl. Increase speed to high and beat for 3 minutes.

Stir the pineapple and carrot into the mixture. Using a wooden spoon or silicone spatula, stir in the remaining 2 cups of flour. This batter will be sticky. Spoon into the prepared pan. Cover and let rise in a warm place until almost double. This will take about 45 to 60 minutes depending on heat.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees a few minutes before ready to bake.

Bake at 375 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown, covering with a piece of foil the last ten minutes or so if it starts to get too brown.

Remove bread from the pan to a wire rack to cool completely.

Yield: 1 loaf of about 16 slices.

Enjoy!

For more of Linda's old-fashion recipe collection visit her blog at http://grandmasvintagerecipes.blogspot.com
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Yummy Old Fashion Recipes For the Holidays and More - Pumpkin Pudding, Christmas Pickles, Wassail

While some of these recipes are certainly considered 'holiday recipes,' there is no reason you can't enjoy them year-round. For instance, pumpkin is a very healthy food yet it is often set aside for just Thanksgiving and Christmas. This Pumpkin Chiffon Pudding with Coconut should be enjoyed as a healthy dessert year-round. The pickles are just as good at your Fourth of July picnic as they are at Christmas. The Pineapple Wassail should be enjoyed more than once or twice a year.

PUMPKIN CHIFFON PUDDING WITH COCONUT
This is a little different way to enjoy that healthy pumpkin. Now that I am diabetic I have updated my use of this recipe by replacing the sugar with Splenda granulated. No need to hunt for unsweetened coconut since you use fresh grated! But here is the original recipe for those of you who can still enjoy sugar.

1 cup sugar
2 tbsp butter
2 large eggs, separated
2 tbsp flour
3 cups cooked, mashed pumpkin
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup grated fresh coconut

In a large bowl cream the sugar, butter, an egg yolks. Add the flour, pumpkin, vanilla and mix together well. Beat the egg whites until stiff and gently fold into the pumpkin mixture. Pour into a lightly greased 9-inch square baking dish or pan. Sprinkle the coconut over the top. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Serves 6

CHRISTMAS PICKLES
1-gallon of dill pickles
2-oz Tabasco sauce
3 garlic cloves. chopped
5 lb granulated sugar

Drain pickle juice and discard.

Slice the pickles lengthwise and place back in the jar. Add the Tabasco sauce and the garlic. Add approximately 1 1/2 pounds of the sugar. Screw lid tightly back on the jar. Gently tip the jar back and forth several times to allow the sugar, garlic, and Tabasco to blend. Leave sitting out a room temperature for a week. As the sugar dissolves, add more until all the sugar has been used. Tip jar each time you add sugar so it can mix in. By the time all the sugar has dissolved, the pickles will be bright green and crisp.

PINEAPPLE FLAVORED WASSAIL
6 cups apple cider or apple juice
1 cinnamon stick
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 cup honey
3 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp grated lemon peel
1 (18-oz) can unsweetened pineapple juice
1 small can frozen orange juice, diluted according to container directions
1 orange sliced into thin rings

In a large saucepan heat the cider and cinnamon stick to boiling. Cover, reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes.

After 5 minutes are up, remove the lid and add the nutmeg, honey, lemon juice and peel, pineapple juice, and the orange juice. Simmer another 5 minutes.

To serve, arrange the orange slices on the top and serve in a heat-proof punch bowl.

Yield: 16 servings of 1/2 cup or 8 servings of 1 cup.

Note: A crockpot or slow cooker is a great way to keep the Wassail warm, if desired. Just pour the hot wassail into the cooker and set on the Keep Warm setting. This also makes a good chilled beverage during the warmer weather.

Enjoy!

For more of Linda's old-fashion recipe collection visit her blog at http://grandmasvintagerecipes.blogspot.com
For more of her recipes and diabetic information visit http://diabeticenjoyingfood.blogspot.com

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