Walnut Plum Bread Recipes

MY MOTHER-IN-LAW'S PLUM BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray, or line with parchment paper.
• Sprinkle chopped plums with 1 tablespoon of flour in a bowl, and toss to coat. Set aside. In a large bowl, beat the margarine, white sugar, and vanilla extract with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs. In another bowl, sift together 1 1/2 cup of flour with salt and baking soda. Stir the dry ingredients into the egg mixture, alternating with yogurt until the mixture forms a smooth batter. Lightly stir in the flour-coated plums, and pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle the top of the batter with brown sugar.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Remove from oven, and let cool in the pan 10 to 15 minutes before removing from pan for slicing.

SPICED PLUM BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, blend the egg, honey, sugar, and vanilla. Mix in the flour, baking soda, cloves, and cinnamon. Fold in the plums and walnuts.
• Transfer the batter to the prepared loaf pan, and bake 50 to 60 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean.

PLUM AND WALNUT BROWN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a loaf pan 9 by 5 by 3 inches.
• Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a large bowl. Blend in the butter with a fork until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Beat the egg until thick. Stir the egg and prune juice into the flour mixture just until the ingredients are blended. Fold in the plums and nuts.
• Spoon the batter into the baking pan. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, until the top springs back when touched lightly and a cake tester comes out clean. Allow to cool before removing from pan.

WALNUT PLUM BREAD

Steps:

• Soak the prunes in warm apple juice.
• Toast the nuts in a hot, dry pan until fragrant. Remove, let cool and coarsely chop.
• Make a well in the flour and place the crumbled yeast in the well. Sprinkle the yeast with sugar. Pour 100 ml (approximately 1/3 cup) of water over the yeast. Sprinkle with some flour to make a paste in the well. Cover and let dissolve for about 15 minutes in a warm place. Combine the remaining flour, spices, liquid sourdough, salt and 150 ml (approximately 2/3 cup) of water with the yeast mixture. Knead the dough on a floured work surface with your hands for about 5 to 10 minutes vigorously until the dough is smooth and elastic. Return the dough to the bowl, cover and let rise in a warm place for about 1 hour 30 minutes until doubled in volume. Transfer the dough to a floured work surface. Add half the nuts and well-drained plums and knead the dough again. Transfer the dough to a loaf pan. Sprinkle with flour and let rise in a warm place for 30 minutes.
• Top the loaf with all the remaining nuts.
• Preheat the oven to 200°C (approximately 400°F). Place the loaf on an oiled baking sheet and bake for about 60 minutes. Serve with slightly warmed apricot jam if desired.

BANANA PLUM BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• In a large bowl, mash the sugar and margarine together until creamy, and beat in the eggs. In a separate bowl, sift the flour with baking powder and baking soda. Stir the flour mixture into the egg mixture in thirds, alternating with the mashed bananas until the batter is smooth and well combined. Gently fold in the plums, and place the batter into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 1 hour.

FRESH PLUM QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugars, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, whisk the buttermilk, oil, egg and lemon zest. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in plums. Pour into two greased 8x4-in. loaf pans., Combine the topping ingredients; sprinkle over batter. Bake at 350° for 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.

PLUM WALNUT TART

Steps:

• Cream the butter and sugar.
• Add the egg, egg yolk, walnuts cinnamon and lemon rind and mix well.
• Sift the flour and baking powder together.
• Add to the eggs and mix to a smooth dough.
• Chill several hours or until firm.
• Butter and flour a 9 inch cake pan.
• Roll half of the dough into a circle and fit it into the bottom and sides of the pan.
• Mix the plums with the flour, sugar and walnuts and pour into the pastry lined pan.
• Roll out remaining dough and cut into 1/2 inch strips.
• Lay them over the top of the tart to make a lattice top.
• Trim edges.
• Bake in a preheated 350°F oven for 40-45 minutes until crust is brown.