Cake Breads from Fruits from Your Bread Machine

Apple Bread Recipe:

(Makes a 1.5 pound loaf)

The typical recommendation for any baking apple is a green-apple like a Granny Smith. I’ve used every kind of apple for baking and you should feel free to use what you like or have on hand. They’ll need to be peeled, cored and chopped but the apple flavor will always come through regardless of the variety.

INGREDIENTS:

• 3 eggs beaten
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• 2 cups of white sugar
• 3 cups of apples peeled, cored and chopped into chunks
• 1 cup of vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon
• 3 cups of all-purpose flour

DIRECTIONS:

Bread machine:

Pour all of the ingredients into the bread pan in the order indicated. Select the cake or cake-bread setting for a 1.5 loaf for medium crust.

Started in the bread machine and finished in the oven:

If you don’t have a cake or cake-bread setting add the dough to the bread pan in the same order indicated and select the pizza dough setting until the batter is done. Pre-heat oven to 300° F./150° C. Butter a 8-½ inch by 4 ¼ baking pan and pour in the batter. Bake for 70 minutes or until a skewer or toothpick emerges dry from the center. Let rest for 10 minutes and slice and serve. Can be wrapped and refrigerated for up to one week.

Cranberry Bread Recipe:

(Makes a 1- pound loaf)

Cranberries have been identifies as one of the healthiest foods we can eat. In fact is has more iodine for a terrestrial food source than any other. 99% of our iodine comes from the oceans. There’s little iodine on land but cranberries break the bank in addition to being a great source of vitamins C, D, A and an excellent source of calcium, iron and magnesium.

For this recipe we’re going to use a dried form of cranberry sometimes known as “Craisins.” They’re already sweetened and don’t add a lot of soupy cranberry juice to the batter nor the natural bitterness present in cranberries.

INGREDIENTS:

• ¾ cup of orange juice
• 1 cup of white sugar
• ¼ cup of melted butter
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1-½ teaspoons of baking powder
• 2 cups of all-purpose flour
• 3 cups of dried cranberries

Here again we’re going to cover two ways to bake this bread. One is in the bread machine and the other is in the oven just in case you don’t have a cake-bread setting.

DIRECTIONS:

Bread Machine:

Add the ingredients in the order indicated and select the cake-bread setting for a 1-pound loaf and medium crust. When done, let it rest 10 minutes and slice and serve.

Started in the bread machine and finished in the oven:

Once again, add the ingredients to the bread pan in the order indicated and select the pizza dough setting. When done pre-heat oven to 350° F./175° C. Butter a 8-½ inch by 4 ¼ baking pan and pour in the batter. Bake for 70 minutes or until a skewer or toothpick emerges dry from the center. Let rest for 10 minutes and slice and serve. Can be wrapped and refrigerated for up to one week.

Lemon Bread Recipe:

(Makes a 1-pound loaf)

This is a cake-bread made with a good amount of lemon juice and lemon zest. Zesting is easy to do if you buy a “zester,” but if you don’t have one you’ll have cut the top skin of the lemon off very thinly and then julienne or slice it very thin. Zesting is all about getting only the top layer of the lemon skin which has the most oils and intense lemon flavor.

You’ll then have to juice the lemon. If you have a lemon juicer that’s easy to do but the seeds still have to be removed. You can also squeeze the lemon into your hands and allow your fingers to catch the seeds.

INGREDIENTS:

• ½ cup of milk
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon of salt
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
• 2 tablespoons of lemon juice
• 1-½ cups of all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon of grated lemon peel
• ½ cup of melted butter

Glaze:

• ½ cup confectioner’s sugar
• 2 tablespoons of lemon juice

DIRECTIONS:

Bread Machine:

Add the ingredients in the order indicated and select the cake-bread setting for a 1-pound loaf and medium crust. When done, let it rest 10 minutes and slice and serve.

Started in the bread machine and finished in the oven:

Once again, add the ingredients to the bread pan in the order indicated and select the pizza dough setting. When done pre-heat oven to 350° F./175° C.Butter a 8-½ inch by 4 ¼ baking pan and pour in the batter. Bake for 45 minutes or until a skewer or toothpick emerges dry from the center. Prepare glaze ingredients and immediately drizzle with glaze. Cool on wire rack for 10-15 minutes, slice and serve.