Gum Drop Bread Or Gum Drop Muffins Recipes

GUMDROP BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom only of loaf pan, 9x5x3 inches.
• Beat all ingredients except gumdrops and nuts in large bowl with electric mixer on low speed 15 seconds. Beat on medium speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Stir in gumdrops and nuts. Pour into pan.
• Bake 60 to 65 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Loosen sides of loaf from pan; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely, about 2 hours, before slicing. For best results, wrap and refrigerate at least 8 hours before slicing.

SPICE GUMDROP MUFFINS (OR BREAD LOAF)

Steps:

• 1. Mix first four ingredients and bring to a boil. Add the next 3 ingredients. Bring to a boil again, and then cool. When cool add the final 7 ingredients, and mix well.
• 2. Fill greased muffin cups or loaf pans(fill muffin cups 2/3 full). Bake for 1 hour, then turn off the oven. Allow to sit in the oven for 15 minutes. Then cool another 15 minutes out of the oven, but still in the pan. Thus the indicated cook time of 1 1/2 hours. Store in waxed paper or tin foil. Freezes well.

GUMDROP LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well.
• Stir in vanilla.
• In another bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt.
• Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk; fold in gumdrops and raisins.
• Pour mixture into greased loaf pan and bake for one to one and a half hours or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Cool for 20 minutes in pan and then remove to finish cooling on wire rack.

BANANA GUMDROP BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Measure first 5 ingredients into a bowl.
• Stir in gumdrop pieces.
• Combine remaining ingredients and stir into dry mixture.
• Stir until blended.
• Scrape into greased loaf pan.
• Bake 50 minutes.

CHRISTMAS GUMDROP BREAD

Steps:

• Beat the eggs, then beat in baking mix, sugar and vanilla.
• Stir in the cherries, apricots, dates, gumdrops and almonds.
• Spoon into 4 greased miniature baking pans (about 5 inches by 3 inches).
• Bake at 300°F for 1 hour 20 minutes.
• Cool in pans 5 minutes.
• Remove to wire racks and cool completely.
• Batter may be used for muffins.

GUMDROP CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a muffin pan with paper muffin liners.
• Mix together flour, baking powder and salt.
• In large bowl, whisk sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla together to blend; stir in gumdrops.
• Scoop batter into the prepared muffin pan.
• Bake on center rack in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden and top springs back when lightly touched.
• Cool in pan 10 minutes then move to a rack to let cool completely.
• Spread icing over cooled cupcakes then decorate with your favourite candies.

HOLIDAY GUMDROP CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Grease and flour Bunt or angle food cake pan.
• Cream butter add eggs and sugar.
• Mix applesauce, soda, nutmeg and cinnamon together.
• Add to butter and egg mixture.
• Add gumdrops, nuts to flour and salt.
• (Mix to dredge).
• Add the flour-salt-gumdrop-nut mixture, mix thoughly.
• Pour into prepared pan and bake 1-1/2 hours.