Tauren Spice Bread Recipes

HONEY SPICE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a small saucepan, combine brown sugar and milk. Cook and stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat., In a large bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. In another bowl, whisk eggs, honey, oil and brown sugar mixture until blended. Add to flour mixture; stir just until moistened., Transfer the batter to a greased 8x4-in. loaf pan. Bake 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean (cover top loosely with foil if needed to prevent overbrowning)., Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. In a small bowl, stir glaze ingredients until smooth; drizzle over bread. Freeze option: Securely wrap cooled loaf in foil and then freeze. To use, thaw at room temperature. Glaze as directed.

PUMPKIN SPICE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine sugar, oil and eggs; add pumpkin and mix well. In second bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, cloves and allspice; add to the pumpkin mixture alternately with water, beating well after each addition. , Pour into two greased 9x5-in. loaf pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 60-65 minutes. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

DATE NUT SPICE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter the bottom of an 8 1/2 by 4 1/2 by 2 1/2-inch loaf pan. Line the bottom with parchment paper, then butter and flour the pan.
• Combine the dates and orange liqueur in a small bowl and set aside for 30 minutes. Stir occasionally.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and brown sugar together on medium speed for 1 minute. Scrape down the bowl. With the mixer on low, add the egg, vanilla, and orange zest. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and salt. With the mixer still on low, add the flour mixture alternately with the orange juice to the creamed mixture, beating only until combined. By hand, stir in the dates with their liquid, and the pecans.
• Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and smooth the top. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
• Meanwhile, in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the cream cheese, sugar, and orange zest on medium speed until just combined.
• Slice the bread and serve with the orange cream cheese on the side for spreading.

TAUREN SPICE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (168 degrees C).
• Combine corn syrup, brown sugar, and egg; mix well. Mix slowly by hand.
• Combine dry ingredients in another bowl; use a mixing spoon or spatula to lightly mix the dry ingredients together.
• Add dry ingredients to egg mixture and alternate with milk; mix well.
• Pour into a well greased loaf pan. it will fill it 3/4 of the way full.
• Bake for 60-80 minutes, or until a knife inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.
• Allow loaf to cool for 10 minutes in the pan before removing it; place on wire rack to allow loaf to cool completely.
• Footnote if using original recipe with 1 cup dark corn syrup instead of 1/2 cup agave:.
• Footnote: If you have light corn syrup but no dark, here is a way to create dark corn syrup.
• 1 cup (237 ml) light corn syrup.
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) brown sugar.
• 3-4 tbs (45-60 ml) of water.
• Mix together until sugar is disolved. Do NOT add heat.