Buttermilk Nut Bread Recipes

BUTTERMILK BREAD II

Steps:

• Proof yeast in warm water.
• Place the butter or margarine and buttermilk in a small saucepan. Heat slowly until butter or margarine has melted. Cool to lukewarm.
• Place sugar, salt, baking soda, buttermilk mixture, and yeast in large mixing bowl. Add 3 cups flour one cup at a time, and mix with the dough hook attachment of an electric mixer. Gradually add the remaining flour while continuing to mix. When dough is not sticky, turn out on a lightly floured surface. Knead for several minutes, until the dough is soft and smooth. Place in a greased bowl, and turn once. Allow to rise until doubled in size.
• Punch down the dough. Divide, and shape into 2 loaves. Place in two well greased 8 x 4 inch bread pans. Allow to rise until dough has risen one inch above pans.
• Bake in a preheated 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) oven for 30 to 35 minutes. Loaves are done when nicely brown and hollow sounding when thumped.

WALNUT BUTTERMILK BREAD

Steps:

• Coarsely chop 1/2 cup walnuts. Reserve remaining walnut halves.
• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Lightly coat a 5-by-9-inch loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, with mixer on medium-high speed, beat to blend egg, buttermilk, and butter. Add chopped walnuts, flour, brown sugar, baking soda and powder, salt and vanilla; stir just until evenly moistened.
• Pour into loaf pan and arrange remaining walnut halves evenly on top of batter.
• Bake 45 to 50 minutes, until bread begins to pull away from side of pan. Let bread cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes. Run a knife between bread and pan sides, then turn out onto wire rack. Let cool 10 minutes.
• Slice and serve.

BUTTERMILK NUT BREAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, beat the egg. Gradually beat in brown sugar and shortening. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to egg mixture alternately with buttermilk. Beat just until moistened. Stir in nuts. Pour into a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 45-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack.

THE BEST BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly butter one 9-by-5-inch loaf pan.
• Whisk together the flour, pecans, granulated sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon salt and nutmeg in a large bowl. Whisk together the eggs, melted butter, buttermilk, brown sugar and vanilla in a medium bowl; stir in the mashed bananas. Fold the banana mixture into the flour mixture until just combined (it's OK if there are some lumps).
• Pour the batter into the buttered pan and lightly tap the pan on the counter to evenly distribute the batter. Bake until browned and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out completely clean, about 1 hour. Let the bread cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then turn out onto a rack to cool completely.

BUTTERMILK BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Coat pans with cooking spray; set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the eggs, sugar and oil on medium-low speed until combined.
• Beat in the flour mixture. Add the vanilla, banana, coconut, nuts and buttermilk and beat just to combine.
• Divide batter betwen prepared pans; smooth with an offset spatula.
• Bake, rotating pans halfway through, until a cake tester inserted in the centers come out clean, 60-65 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes. Remove laves from pans and let cool completely.
• Bread can be kept at room temperature, wrapped in plastic, for up to 1 week, or frozen for up to 3 months.

FARMHOUSE BUTTERMILK DATE NUT BREAD WITH CREAMY OR

Steps:

• 1. Beat together first 5 ingredients til mixture is blended. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt all at once. Beat til blended. Don't overbeat. Stir in dates, walnuts and orange peel.
• 2. Divide batter between 2 greased 6 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch loaf pans. Place pans on cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 30 to 35 minutes or til a cake tester, inserted in center comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan for 10 minutes, remove loaves from pan and continue cooling on rack. Brush tops lightly with creamy orange glaze. Makes 2 loaves
• 3. Creamy Orange Glaze: 1 Tbsp. cream 1/4 cup sifted powdered sugar 2 tsp. grated orange peel 2 Tbsp. finely chopped walnuts Stir together all ingredients til blended.

BEST EVER BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray one 9x5 inch loaf pan with non-stick spray coating.
• Blend together the eggs, buttermilk, oil and bananas.
• Sift together the sugar, flour, baking soda and salt. Add to banana mixture and stir in pecans. Mix well.
• Pour into prepared loaf pan and bake 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean.

BUTTERMILK SEED BREAD

Steps:

• In a small bowl, dissolve the yeast and sugar in the warm water. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
• Combine buttermilk, butter or margarine, honey and the yeast mixture in a large bowl. Add the salt, all of the seeds and the whole wheat flour. Stir to combine. Add the bread flour, 1/2 cup at a time, mixing well with a wooden spoon after each addition. When the dough has pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 6 minutes.
• Lightly oil a large mixing bowl, place the dough in the bowl and turn to coat with the oil. Cover with a damp cloth and put in a warm place to rise until doubled in volume, about 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees F). Grease two 9x5 inch loaf pans.
• Deflate the dough and turn it out onto a lightly floured surface. Divide the dough into two equal pieces and form into loaves. Place the loaves into the prepared pans. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise until doubled in volume, about 40 minutes.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for about 30 minutes or until the tops are brown and the bottom of a loaf sounds hollow when tapped.

BUTTERMILK NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Grease two 8 x 4" loaf pans very well and preheat oven to 325°F.
• Beat eggs; add sugar and mix well.
• Sift dry ingredients together and add alternately with buttermilk to the egg mixture.
• Add nuts.
• Pour batter into prepared pans, let stand for 20 minutes and bake for about an hour or until breads test done.

BUTTERMILK BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Cream sugar and butter.
• Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition - use a mixer.
• Stir baking soda into buttermilk and add to mixture.
• Sift baking powder with flour and blend into creamed mixture.
• Add vanilla and banana and mix.
• Stir in pecans.
• Pour into greased and floured 9"x5" loaf pan. (May also use 4 mini loaf pans.).
• Bake at 300 degrees F for about 1 1/2 hours or until loaf tests done with a toothpick. (Bake for 50-60 minutes for mini loaves.).
• Cool for 20-30 minutes before removing from pan.

BUTTERMILK BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a loaf pan.
• Sift flour, baking soda, and cinnamon together in a bowl.
• Beat sugar and shortening together in a separate large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy; add 1 egg at a time, thoroughly beating the first into the sugar mixture before adding the second. Beat banana and vanilla into the wet mixture together. Stream buttermilk into wet mixture while continually beating until smooth; add flour mixture and continue to beat until you have a smooth batter. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.