Tag: Bread

Brushetta with Tomato and Basil

Brushetta with Tomato and Basil

Bruschetta refers to the bread. Just the bread. Whatever goes on top is just extra.
The word bruschetta is Italian, and it s derived from the verb bruscare. That means to char or toast. Bruschetta is a word that the Italians invented to describe stale sliced bread which had been toasted and doused in olive oil, garlic, and salt. The tomato topping commonly associated with bruschetta isn’t a part of its traditional meaning, but in modern times it has. It includes diced tomatoes, garlic, onion, basil, and sometimes mozzarella cheese.

Creole Cornbread

Creole Cornbread

Not your average cornbread. This one includes rice, cheese and jalapeño peppers.

Cranberry Walnut Banana Bread

Cranberry Walnut Banana Bread

The g-babies like to cook/bake with me. Here is another Kid Friendly Recipe to do with the kids, Cranberry Walnut Banana Bread.
 
Ingredients:
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 5 tbsp unsalted butter softened
  • 1 cup mashed ripe banana ( 2 med)
  • ¼ cup milk
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1.5 cups coarsely chopped fresh cranberries
 
Instructions:
  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Set oven rack to center position.
  2. Grease a loaf pan. For easy bread removal. My helper for today is CJ.
  3. Mix sugar and butter in a medium mixing bowl until completely blended.
  4. Add banana, milk and eggs, and vanilla mix well.                                          
  5. Add the dry ingredients, mixing just until moist. Stir in nuts and cranberries.
  6. Spread batter evenly in the loaf pan.
  7. Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean. Remove from pan, cool on rack. Picture below is with the Ocean Spray Craisins, featured picture is with fresh Cranberries. You can either make it in one bread loaf or two.

Banana, Cranberry, Walnut Bread
 
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Recipe type: Bakery
Ingredients
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 5 tbsp unsalted butter softened
  • 1 cup mashed ripe banana ( 2 med)
  • ¼ cup milk
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1 ½ cups coarsely chopped fresh cranberries or OceanSpray Cranberries
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Set oven rack to center position.
  2. Grease a loaf pan. For easy bread removal.
  3. Mix sugar and butter in a medium mixing bowl until completely blended.
  4. Add banana, milk and eggs, and vanilla mix well.
  5. Add the dry ingredients, mixing just until moist. Stir in nuts and cranberries.
  6. Spread batter evenly in the loaf pan.
  7. Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean. Remove from pan, cool on rack.

 

Pina Colada Bread Pudding

Pina Colada Bread Pudding

Food historians trace the history of bread pudding to the early 11th and 12th centuries, as frugal cooks looked for ways to use stale, leftover bread instead of letting it go to waste. In 13th century England, bread pudding was known as “poor man’s pudding,” as it was a popular dish with the lower classes. While bread pudding is still a way to use up leftover bread, it has gained a reputation as a comfort food and is a featured dessert item in trendy establishments, having shed its humble roots.

Pizza Sliders

Pizza Sliders

The name Sliders originated in the 1940s, when sailors in the U.S. Navy would refer to mini-burgers as “sliders” because of their extreme greasiness. In just one or two bites, the burger would just slide right down! The slider was first created at White Castle, a popular American fast food chain restaurant. Since then all kind of sliders has been created.