Sweet Bishops Bread Recipes

BISHOP'S BREAD I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• Beat egg in mixing bowl until frothy. Add sugar, oil, and vanilla. Beat to blend. Mix in buttermilk.
• In another bowl measure the flour, soda, and salt. Stir to mix well. Add walnuts, cherries, raisins, and chips. Mix together. Add all at once to liquid batter. Stir only until just combined. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour or until bread tests done. Let bread stand for 10 minutes then remove from pan and let cool on a rack.

BISHOP'S BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat sugar, eggs and extracts. In another bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt; stir in almonds, walnuts, dates, cherries and candy bar. Stir into egg mixture until blended., Pour into a greased and floured 9x5-in. loaf pan. Press down firmly to eliminate air spaces. Bake at 300° for 2 hours. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.

CHRISTMAS BISHOP'S BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla., In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Fold in chocolate chips, raisins, pecans and cherries., Transfer to a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake 65-75 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack., In a small bowl, mix glaze ingredients until smooth. Drizzle over warm bread.

SPRING HILL RANCH'S BISHOP'S BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Adjust an oven rack to the center position and preheat the oven to 325°(350° at 8,000 feet). Grease and flour a 4"x9"(±) loaf pan. For easier extraction of the finished loaf, place a doubled-over strip of aluminum foil (about 6"x12") in the loaf pan with its ends laying over the sides to use as a cradle to lift the loaf out.
• 2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. Stir in chocolate chips, nuts, dates and cherries.
• 3. In small bowl, whisk together the eggs and sugar until they are well combined. Using a wooden spoon, stir these wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Spoon the batter into your prepared loaf pan and smooth the top. Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes. Allow the loaf to cool in the pan for at least 10 minutes before removing it. If possible, store the loaf well wrapped for 1 to 2 days before slicing

BISHOP'S BREAD

Steps:

• Mix first three ingredients.
• Add nuts, fruit and chocolate and mix lightly.
• Beat eggs and sugar together and stir into first mixture.
• Line a 9” x 5” x 3” loaf pan with brown paper; butter paper.
• Pour in mixture.
• Bake in slow oven (325°F.) about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• Turn out on rack to cool.
• Bread is best if stored, well-wrapped, for a day or two before slicing.

SWEET BISHOP'S BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Mix together flour, sugar, salt and butter til crumbly. Measure and set aside 3/4 cup of this mixture.
• 2. To the remaining mixture, add the baking powder, soda, cinnamon, egg and buttermilk. Beat til batter is smooth.
• 3. Spread batter in greased 8 inch square pan. Sprinkle 3/4 cup reserved mixture on top. Bake at 350 for 50 to 60 minutes or til wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool ten minutes. Cut and serve warm
• 4. Serves 9 to 12 Crème de Colorado

BISHOP'S BREAD - A CHRISTMAS FAVORITE

Steps:

• Prehead Oven to350°.
• Mixture 1.
• In mixing bowl, beat egg with electric mixer for about 1 minute.
• Add sugar, oil, and vanilla to the egg. Beat well.
• Blend in the buttermilk.
• Mixture 2.
• In another bowl sift together the flour, soda, and salt.
• Add pecans, cherries, raisins or dates, and chocolate chips. Blend gently - Careful not to mash the cherries.
• Combine Mixture 1 and Mixture 2. Blend gently - Careful not to mash the cherries.
• Pour the batter into a greased and floured 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• Bake in preheated 350° oven for 1 hour, or until a wooden pick or cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. (If cherries weren't drained well enough, the excess moisture will increase baking time).
• Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes then remove to a rack to cool completely.

BISHOP'S BREAD II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease two 9x5 inch loaf pans.
• In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition.
• In a separate bowl, sift together flour, salt and baking powder. In a third bowl, combine the buttermilk, baking soda, vanilla extract and maraschino cherry juice.
• Stir the milk mixture and flour mixture alternately into the egg mixture until a soft batter is formed. Fold in cherries, chocolate chips, dates, coconut and pecans. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake in preheated oven for 90 to 120 minutes, until loaves are firm and a toothpick inserted into the center of each loaf comes out clean.

SWEET BISHOP'S BREAD COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease with vegetable shortening, the sides and bottom of an 8-inch by 8-inch square baking pan.
• In a medium mixing bowl, thoroughly combine the flour, brown sugar, and salt.
• With a pastry blender or a fork, cut the butter into the flour-brown sugar mixture until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs (as if you were making pie dough). Measure and set aside 3/4 cup of this flour-brown sugar-butter mixture.
• To the remaining flour-brown sugar-butter mixture (not the 3/4 cup mixture that you set aside), thoroughly stir in the baking powder, soda, and cinnamon.
• Add the beaten egg and buttermilk or sour milk; beat until the batter is smooth.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and spread evenly.
• Sprinkle 3/4 cup reserved crumb mixture evenly over the top of the batter.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the coffee cake comes out clean. (TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE, check the cake for doneness after its been in the oven for 40 minutes).
• Cool 10 minutes on a wire cake rack.
• Cut the coffee cake into 9 squares, each square being slightly under 2 and 3/4 inches in width and slightly under 2 and 3/4 inches in length.
• Serve warm.