Pumpkin Cranberry Nut Bread

Pumpkin Cranberry Nut Bread

Pumpkin Cranberry Nut Bread

 

Delicious, seasonal and easy, this bread makes for a great teacher’s gift.

                                                Julie Lincoln                                                                      

 

Pumpkin Cranberry Nut Bread Recipe

Pumpkin Cranberry Nut Bread

3 ½ cups flour

2 tsp. CINNAMON *

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. baking soda

½ tsp. baking powder

2 tsp. grated orange peel (or 2/3 tsp. MINCED ORANGE PEEL *)

¾ cup butter or margarine, 1 ½ sticks, softened

1 cup sugar

1 cup brown sugar

3 eggs

½ tsp. PURE VANILLA EXTRACT *

1 (15 oz.) can pure pumpkin puree

1 cup fresh, chopped cranberries

1 cup chopped walnut or pecans

(* Penzeys Spices)

Preheat oven to 350 F.  Combine the dry ingredients and set aside.  In a mixing bowl, cream together the butter/margarine and sugars.  Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing after each one.  Add the VANILLA, pumpkin and dry mixture approximately ½ cup at a time, alternating between the pumpkin and dry mixture until all is combined.  Stir in the cranberries and nuts.

Divide the batter between two 8×4 ½ inch greased and floured loaf pans (we prefer glass) and bake at 350 F. for 55-65 minutes.

(Recipe for Pumpkin Cranberry Nut Bread was in the Penzeys Spice Catalog)

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Sweet Potato Casserole

Sweet Potato Casserole

Sweet Potato Casserole

 

This recipe is from Diabetic Connect, you can make this Sweet Potato Casserole, just in time for Thanksgiving, 2013.  You can avoid traditional sweet potato recipes that are closer to dessert than to a side dish.  This wonderful recipe will remind you of when you were young, but keep your blood sugars in check.

Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe

Sweet Potato Casserole

8 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed

1/3 cup orange juice

¼ cup half & half

1 egg white

3 Tbsp. coconut oil

2 Tbsp. Splenda brown sugar

1 ¼ tsp. vanilla

¾ tsp. cinnamon

¾ tsp. nutmeg

¼ tsp. salt

¼ cup chopped pecans

Zest of 1 orange

Boil the potatoes in salted water until tender.

Preheat the oven to 350 F.  Grease a medium sized casserole dish and set aside.

When potatoes are done, strain them and pour into a large bowl.  Add orange juice and half & half and whip with a hand mixer.  Add the egg white, coconut oil and sugar, and beat until well mixed.  Add the vanilla, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg and blend.

Pour the potatoes into prepared casserole dish and top with pecans and orange zest.

Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes.  Remove foil and bake an additional.

Remove approximately 18 servings of ½ cup.

(Recipe for Sweet Potato Casserole came from Diabetic Connect, 2013)

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