Showing posts with label Breads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Breads. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Buttermilk-blueberry Breakfast Cake

Ingredients:
1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temp.
2 tsp lemon zest (1 lemon)
7/8 cup + 1 Tbsp sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 cups fresh blueberries
1/2 cup buttermilk

Directions:
1. Oven at 350; grease 9" square baking pan (with spray or butter)
2. Cream butter with lemon zest and 7/8 cup of sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Add egg and vanilla
4. Toss blueberries with 1/4 cup flour in separate bowl
5. Whisk remaining flour, baking powder and salt.
6. Add flour mixture to the batter a little at a time, alternating with the buttermilk.
7. Fold in blueberries.
8. Spread batter in pan and sprinkle with Tbsp of sugar.
9. Bake 35 minutes

Recipe found here:
http://www.alexandracooks.com/2011/06/29/buttermilk-blueberry-breakfast-cake/

Monday, August 3, 2009

Zucchini Bread *****

INGREDIENTS:

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2 1/4 cups white sugar
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups grated zucchini


DIRECTIONS
1. Grease and flour two 8 x 4 inch pans. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
2. Sift flour, salt, baking powder, soda, and cinnamon together in a bowl.
3. Beat eggs, oil, vanilla, and sugar together in a large bowl. Add sifted ingredients to the creamed mixture, and beat well. Stir in zucchini and nuts until well combined. Pour batter into prepared pans.
4. Bake for 40 to 60 minutes, or until tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on rack for 20 minutes. Remove bread from pan, and completely cool.

I got this recipe from http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Moms-Zucchini-Bread/Detail.aspx
This is a new big winner. I made it before our long flight to Asia to try and get some veggies into my toddler en route. Shockingly both he and my husband loved it!