Cream Sherry Pumpkin Bread Recipes

NOT YOUR MOTHER'S PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease three 8x4 inch loaf pans.
• In a large bowl, beat together white sugar, brown sugar and oil. Stir in the pumpkin. Mix in the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition.
• In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, coriander and salt. Stir dry ingredients into pumpkin mixture until smooth. Stir in cream sherry. Beat till thoroughly blended, 1 to 2 minutes. Fold in nuts. Spoon batter into 3 greased 8x4 inch loaf pans, filling no more than three quarters full.
• Bake in preheated oven until a tester inserted into center of a loaf comes out clean, about 65 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes in pans before turn out onto wire racks to cool completely. Can be kept at room temp. for 4 days or frozen.

FRUITED SHERRY BREAD

Steps:

• Place the dried fruit into a small saucepan with the crystallized ginger, sherry, and orange rind. Bring mixture to a boil, remove pan from heat, cover and let cool for 30 minutes. Place walnuts on a baking sheet and toast until golden, about 10 minutes; set aside to cool. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Beat in the egg and then the milk. Combine the flour, baking powder, allspice and salt, stir slowly into the egg mixture. Do not over mix. Fold in the walnuts and cooled fruit mixture. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 70 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let the loaf cool in the pan 15 minutes before removing it to a wire rack to cool. When the bread has cooled completely, wrap it in plastic. It tastes better if left to sit for a day, and it's especially good with butter or cream cheese.

CREAM SHERRY-PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°; grease three 8 x 4 inch loaf pans.
• In a big bowl, combine the sugars, pumpkin, eggs, and nut oil.
• Beat with an electric mixer until smooth, about 1 minute.
• In another bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, spices, and salt.
• With a spatula, combine the wet and dry ingredients and beat until smooth.
• Stir in the cream sherry; vigorously beat until thoroughly blended, about 1-2 minutes; the batter will be thick and fluffy.
• Scrape the batter into the three prepared pans, filling each no more than ¾ full.
• Bake immediately in the center of the oven for 65-75 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean; the top of the loaves will be crusty, and there will be a long crack down the center.
• Let stand for 5 minutes in the pans before turning the loaves out of the pans onto a rack, then turning them right side up to cool completely.
• Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and let sit at room temperature overnight or for up to 4 days before serving.