Apple Bread

The apples are coming into season in Massachusetts, so it's a great time to play around with some of Grammy Gertie's apple recipes. Click here to see more apple recipes.

Apple Bread

2 cups flour, sifted
1 ts baking powder
1 ts salt
1 ts baking soda
1 ts cinnamon
1/2 ts nutmeg
1/2 cup mayonnaise
3/4 cup of sugar
1 ts vanilla
2 eggs, room temperature
1 cup applesauce
2 cups apples, peeled and chopped

-Mix all dry ingredients together (flour, baking powder, salt, paking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg)
-Mix all wet ingredients together (mayo, sugar, vanilla, eggs, applesauce, apple)
-Mix the 2 mixes, and pour into a greased bread pan
-Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

Pumpkin Bread and Autumn Gold Cake

2 for 1 today! These two recipes are brought to us by the Del Monte Kitchens (in much the same way tuna casseroles are brought to us by Campbells soup).

Pumpkin Bread
3 cups sugar
1 cup oil
4 eggs, beaten
1 16 oz can (Del Monte) Pumpkin
2/3 cup water
3 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp allspice
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cloves

-Cream sugar and oil together. Add eggs and pumpkin, and mix well.
-Sift together dry ingredients, and mix in with water and wet ingredients.
-Pour into well greased loaf pans. Bake at 350 for 60 to 90 min.

Autumn Gold Cake
1 pkg orange flavored cake mix
1 16 oz can (Del Monte) Pumpkin
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 cup water
3 eggs
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 cup whipped cream
dash of nutmeg

-Combine cake mix, pumpkin, sugar, water, eggs and pumpkin pie spice, and beat for 4 minutes.
-Pour into greased cake pan, bake at 350 for 45 min.
-Serve topped with whipped cream and a dash of nutmeg.

Apricot Bread

Apricot Bread

1 cup dried apricots, chopped

1 cup boiling water

-mix the above, let stand for 15 minutes.

2 eggs

1 1/2 cup sugar

4 TB butter

-cream these three ingredients together, then mix in

3 cups flour

2 tsp baking soda

1 cup nuts, chopped

-Mix everything together, apricots, creamed eggs, and flour mix.

-Bake at 300 degrees for 1 hr 15 minutes.

Cranberry Nut Loaf

COUNTDOWN TO THANKSGIVING

We're one week out from Turkey Day, which used to be Grammy's main event. You're going to have to figure out how to roast a turkey on your own, because she didn't have a written recipe for that. She must have memorized it.

In the mean time, this would be nice to have on the table.

Cranberry Nut Loaf

2 cups sifted flour

1 cup sugar

1 1/2 ts baking powder

1/2 ts soda

1 ts salt

1/4 cup shortening

3/4 cup orange juice

1 TB grated orange rind

1 egg, beaten

1/2 cup chopped nuts

1 cup fresh cranberries, chopped

-Sift flour, sugar, baking power, soda and salt.

-Cut shortening into mixture until coarse.

-Combine orange juice, egg and grated rind.

-Pour wet mix into dry mix and stir. Add cranberries and nuts.

-Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

Buttery Corn Bread

Autumn has certain foods associated with it, apple pie, roast turkey, etc. For some reason, I always wait until fall to make cornbread. If you like your corn bread on the... cornier side... (sorry, that sounds like something Grampy Chuck would have said), switch the measurements for the flour and the cornmeal.

Buttery Corn Bread

2/3 cup butter, softened

1 cup sugar

3 eggs

1 2/3 cup milk

2 1/3 cup all purpose flour

1 cup cornmeal

4 1/2 ts baking powder

1 ts salt

-In mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.

-Add eggs and milk.

-Mix in flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt.

-Pour into greased 13" x 9" baking pan.

-Bake at 400 degrees for 22-27 minutes.

Prize Biscuits

There's a note on the bottom of this recipe card:

"For drop biscuits increase milk to 1 cup"

Good to know!

Prize Biscuits

2 cups flour

4 tsp baking powder

2 tsp sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp cream of tartar

1/2 cup butter

2/3 cup milk

-Mix all of the above, and bake? (likely at 425 for, dunno, 12 minutes?)

Michigan Orange-Cranberry Bread

It's a little past noon, and NCAA March Madness has begun.

Because I've picked Michigan State... and the Syracuse Orangemen... to win in the first round, I'm hoping this recipe will bring good luck.

(Yes, I know, that's quite a topical stretch!)

1 large orange

2 1/2 cups flour

1 cup sugar

2 ts baking powder

1/2 ts baking soda

1/2 ts salt

2 eggs

4 TB butter

2 cups cranberries, chopped

1/4 cup walnuts, chopped

-Grate peel from orange, squeeze 1/2 cup of juice

-Combine flour, sugar, bp, bs, salt.

-Whisk eggs, butter, orange peel and juice.

-Add wet mix to dry mix, then fold cranberries and walnuts in

-Bake in a 9"x5" loaf pan for 55 min at 375 degrees

(Cool, and then eat... while watching basketball!)

California Walnut Bread

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Cloud Biscuits

It's been nothing but icy cold rain all week in Massachusetts... so we're posting warm, savory recipes.

Cloud Biscuits

2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted

1 TB sugar

4 ts baking powder

1/2 ts salt

1/2 cup shortening (or butter)

1 egg, beaten

2/3 cup milk*

-Sift together dry ingredients.

-Cut in shortening until mixture is coarse crumbs.

-Combine milk and egg, add to mixture and stir.

-Knead gently about 20 strokes, roll out to 3/4"

-Use 2" biscuit cutter. Place on ungreased baking sheet.

-Bake at 450 degrees for 10-14 min

*For drop biscuits, use 3/4 cup milk, and don't knead the dough.

Lemon Tea Bread

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Banana Bread

I'm actually making this today! Not so much with shortening though...

Banana Bread

1/2 cup shortening

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

pinch of salt

3 very ripe bananas

2 cups flour

1 tsp soda

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 cup nuts

-Bake 350 degrees for 50 to 60 min