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Holiday Breads and Rolls

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| Cranberry Bread Recipe | Date Nut Bread | Banana Nut Bread | Zucchini Bread |
| Downeast Maine Pumpkin Bread | Fresh Herb Dinner Rolls | Hot Cross Buns |
| Dinner Sweet Rolls |

"Cranberry Bread Recipe"

If you have a lot of people to serve, you may double this recipe!

Ingredients:
Sift:
  2 cups flour (sifted),
  1 cup sugar,
  1 and 1/2 tsp baking powder,
  1 tsp salt,
  1/2tsp baking soda.
 
Directions:
Cut in 1/4 cup butter ( Promise Extra Light margarine sticks makes the bread really moist) until mixture is crumbly (I use a mixer to crumble-ize it)

Add 1 beaten egg, 1 tsp grated orange peel(I use a grater/peeler and grate an entire orange for every two loaves.), and 3/4 cup orange juice. (If you can get your Elves to do the grating, it will help) mix until mixture is evenly moist.

Fold in as many light raisins as you think looks good (the recipe calls for 1 and 1/2 cups, I never measure) and about a half bag of chopped cranberries per loaf. Spoon into a greased 9 x 5 x 3 loaf pan bake at 350' for 1 hour and 10 mins or until toothpick in center comes out clean.

Cool out of pan on a wire rack. keep stored in aluminum foil, unless you eat it all before it cools.

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"Date Nut Bread"

Ingredients:
  2 cups dates, cut up
  1 1/2 cups boiling water
  2 1/4 cups flour
  1/2 cup sugar
  1 egg, beaten
  1 Cup english walnuts, chopped
  1 heaping tablespoon butter, melted
  2 teaspoons soda
  1/2 teaspoon salt
  1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:
Combine dates and water and cook slowly 20 minutes. Cool. Sift flour,soda, salt and sugar together. Add melted butter and beaten egg to dates. Stir in the dry ingredients and add vanilla and nuts. Bake in a greased and floured loaf pan for 1 hour at 350*

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"Banana Nut Bread"

Ingredients; Pre-heat oven @ 350*
  1/3cup shortening
  1/2cup sugar
  2eggs ** For No Cholesterol use 2 jumbo egg whites or 3 large**
  1 3/4cup sifted "All Purpose" flour (do not sift Pre-sifted flour)
  1tsp baking powder
  1/2tsp baking soda
  1/2tsp salt
  1cup mashed ripe bananas
  1/2cup chopped walnuts

Cream together shortening and sugar ; add egg and beat well. Sift together dry ingredients; add to creamed a little at a time alternating with banana, blending well after each addition. Stir in nuts.
Pour into a well greased 9"x5"x3" loaf pan.Bake at 350* for 45-50 minutes or until done. Spring test. Remove from pan and cool on a rack. Wrap after 20 minutes and store over night. Does not need to be refridgerated.

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"Zucchini Bread"

Ingredients:

    3 eggs
    3 tsp. Cinnamon
    ¾ c. oil
    1 tsp. Salt
    2 tsp. Vanilla
    1 tsp. Baking Soda
    2 c. sugar
    ½ tsp b. powder
    3 c. flour
    ½ c. nuts (opt)
    3 c. zucchini, grated
    1 c. raisins (opt)

Directions:
Combine ingredients by hand, in given order.
Pour into two 9"x5" load pans, greased.
Bake at 350* for 1 - 1¼ hrs. (freezes well)

Recipe by Michele Varner
She worked on this receipe for three years to prefect it to the best
Zuchinni bread on both sides of the Rockies you have ever tasted!
Good with butter.

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"Downeast Maine Pumpkin Bread"

Ingredients:
   1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
   4 eggs
   1 cup vegetable oil
   2/3 cup water
   3 cups white sugar
   3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
   2 teaspoons baking soda
   1 1/2 teaspoons salt
   1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
   1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
   1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
   1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 7x3 inch loaf pans.
In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, water and sugar until well blended. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger. Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended. Pour into the prepared pans. Bake for about 50 minutes in the preheated oven. Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Makes 3 loaves
excellent for gift giving because it improves with age!

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"Fresh Herb Dinner Rolls"

Ingredients:
   1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
   1 tablespoon white sugar
   1 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
   1 cup milk, room temperature
   2 eggs
   2 teaspoons salt
   2 tablespoons butter, softened
   1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
   6 cups bread flour
   2 tablespoons water
   1 egg white
   1/4 cup chopped fresh chives

Directions:
In a small mixing bowl, dissolve yeast and sugar in 1 cup warm water. Let stand until creamy; about 10 minutes. In a large bowl, stir together the yeast mixture with milk, eggs, salt, butter, parsley, chives, and 4 cups flour. Add the remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until dough has pulled together. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes. Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowl, and turn to coat with oil. Cover with a damp cloth and put in a warm place to rise until doubled in volume, about 1 hour. Grease two 9x13 inch baking pans. Deflate the dough, and turn it out onto a lightly floured surface. Divide the dough into 24 pieces. Shape each piece into a round ball, and place into the prepared pans. Cover the rolls with a warm, damp cloth, and let rise until doubled in volume, about 40 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a small bowl, lightly beat the egg white with 2 tablespoons of water; brush egg wash over tops of rolls. Bake in preheated oven for about 30 minutes, or until golden brown.
makes 24

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"Hot Cross Buns"

(bread machine)

Ingredients:
   3/4 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
   1 tablespoon instant powdered milk
   1 egg white
   1/4 cup white sugar
   1 tablespoon active dry yeast
   3 cups all-purpose flour
   1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
   3/8 teaspoon salt
   3 tablespoons butter
   1 egg
   1 egg yolk
   2 tablespoons water
   3/4 cup currants
   1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
   1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
   2 teaspoons milk

Directions:
Put warm water, butter, skim milk powder, 1/4 cup sugar, salt, egg, egg white, flour, and yeast in bread maker and start on dough program. When 5 minutes of kneading are left, add currants and cinnamon. Leave in machine till double. Punch down on floured surface, cover, and let rest 10 minutes. Shape into 12 balls and place in a greased 9 x 12 inch pan. Cover and let rise in a warm place till double, about 35-40 minutes. Mix egg yolk and 2 tablespoons water. Brush on balls. Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 20 minutes. Remove from pan immediately and cool on wire rack. To make crosses: mix together confectioners' sugar, vanilla, and milk. Brush an X on each cooled bun.
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"Dinner Sweet Rolls"

(bread machine)

Ingredients:
   1/2 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
   1/2 cup warm milk
   3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
   1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
   1/3 cup butter, softened
   1 egg
   1/3 cup white sugar
   1/4 cup butter, softened
   1 teaspoon salt

Directions:
Place water, milk, egg, 1/3 cup butter, sugar, salt, flour and yeast in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select Dough/Knead and First Rise Cycle; press Start. When cycle finishes, turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Divide dough in half. Roll each half into a 12 inch circle, spread 1/4 cup softened butter over entire round. Cut each circle into 8 wedges. Roll wedges starting at wide end; roll gently but tightly. Place point side down on ungreased cookie sheet. Cover with clean kitchen towel and put in a warm place, let rise 1 hour. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Bake in preheated oven for 10 to 15 minutes, until golden.
serves 16 - excellent sweet rolls!

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