Honey Walnut Pumpkin Bran Bread

Recipe from Whole Foods

Ingredients

Canola oil cooking spray
1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1/4 cup oat bran or wheat germ
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons cane sugar
1/3 cup canola or sunflower oil
1/3 cup honey
1/3 cup soy milk
1 1/4 cups fresh or canned pumpkin puree
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped walnuts

-Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease an 8-inch loaf pan with canola oil cooking spray and set aside.

-In a large bowl, whisk together flour, oat bran, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a second large bowl, combine sugar, oil, honey, milk, pumpkin, egg and vanilla. Add this mixture to flour mixture and stir until just combined. Fold in walnuts.

-Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and bake until cooked through and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool for 15 minutes on a wire rack then remove from pan and set aside to let cool completely.

Pumpkin Bread

The Joy of Cooking
Everything should be at room temperature.  Position a rack in the lower third of the oven, preheat to 350.  Grease a 9x5 inch (8 cup) loaf pan.

Whisk together thoroughly:
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 tspns ground cinnamon
1 tspn baking soda
1 tspn salt
1 tspn ground ginger
1/2 tspn ground nutmeg
1/4 tspn ground cloves
1/4 tspn baking powder

Combine in another bowl:
1/3 cup water or milk
1/4 tspn vanilla

In a large bowl, beat until creamy, about 30 seconds:
6 tbsn unsalted butter

Gradually add and beat on high speed until lightened in color and textrue, 3 to 4 minutes:
1 1/3 cups sugar, or 1 cup sugar plus 1/3 cup packed light or dark brown sugar

Beat in 1 at a time:
2 large eggs

Add and beat on low speed just until blended:
1 cup pumpkin puree

Add the flour mixture in 3 parts, alternating with milk mixture in 2 parts, beating on low speed or stirring with a rubber spatula until smooth and scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.  Fold in:
1.2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts or pecans
1/3 cup raisins or chopped dates

Scrape the batter into the pan and spread evenly.  Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour.  Let cool in the pan on a rack for 5 to 10 minutes before unmolding to cool completely on the rack.

Rosemary Herb Bread

Ingredients

• 1 cup water
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 1/2 teaspoons white sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning (or sometimes i just use oregano and or dill seeds)
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary
• 2 1/2 cups bread flour (I normally use 1/2 whole wheat and 1/2 white)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast

Directions

1. Place ingredients in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select white bread cycle, large loaf, light crust; press Start. 
2. When it's about to start baking you can sprinkle the top with seeds

Pineapple Carrot Bread

    * 2 cups sugar
    * 3 cups flour
    * 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
    * 1 tsp. baking soda
    * 1 tsp. salt
    * 3 eggs, beaten
    * 1/2 cup oil
    * 1/2 cup apple sauce (if you dont' have, just put 1 cup oil)
    * 1 cup crushed pineapple, undrained
    * 1 cup grated carrot (2-3 carrots)
    * 2 tsp. vanilla
    * 1 cup nuts
    * Raisins if you like
Stir together the dry ingredients in a mixer bowl.  Add the others in the order listed, mixing between each.  Pour into 2 loaf pans that have been greased and floured very well.  Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour.  Remove from the pans immediately.

Country Farmers Seed Bread

3/4 cup water and a wee bit more
4 teaspoons honey
4 teaspoons canola oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup bread flour
1 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
5 tablespoons flax seed
3 tablespoons sesame seeds
2 teaspoons poppy seeds
handful or raisins (if you like em)
normally throw a few BIG pinches of bran flakes in there too
1 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast

DIRECTIONS

-Toast seeds (for nuttier flavor) on a baking sheet in a 350 degree F (175 degree C) oven for 4 minutes; let cool completely. This step is optional. The seeds can be added untoasted.
-Place ingredients in the bread machine pan in the order suggested by the manufacturer.
-Select Basic bread cycle, and Start.