Pumpkin Nutella Swirl Bread

Wow. This pumpkin bread is FANTASTIC. It's UNBELIEVABLY moist and the nutella give it that chocolate punch. What too this just over the top was the raw cane sugar I sprinkled on the top. A bit of crunch goodness that makes every bite sing in your mouth. Put on a sweatshirt, turn on the football game and make this. You won't be sorry.

Pumpkin Nutella Swirl Bread or Muffins

1 3/4 cups all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 tablespoon cinnamon

1 1/2 teaspoons nutmeg

1 1/2 cups sugar

1/2 cup canola oil

1/3 cup water

1 cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)

2 eggs

8 tablespoons Nutella (2 tablespoons per mini loaf) ***see note below

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 4 mini loaf pans with cooking spray. Set aside.

2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Set aside.

3. In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, oil, water, pumpkin, eggs, and extracts. Whisk until smooth and combined.

4. Slowly stir in the flour mixture. Mix until ingredients are combined.

5. Pour the batter into the mini loaf pans, making sure batter is evenly divided. Drop 2 heaping tablespoons of Nutella onto each loaf pan. Swirl the Nutella into the pumpkin batter with a knife. Place the loaf pans onto a baking sheet and place in the oven. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

6. Place the loaf pans on a wire rack. Cool for 15 minutes in the pan and then carefully remove the loaves. Cool completely before slicing.

*Note-You can make regular size loaves. This recipe should make 2 8×4 loaves. Adjust baking time to about 60 minutes. You can also make muffins, but I am not sure how many you will get from a full recipe since I did some mini loaves and some muffins. For muffins cook between 15-20 minutes. I also recommend doing additional nutella in the middle of you muffins or loaves. Just fill the pan half way and swirl in some nutella just like the recipe calls for on top.

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Strawberry Bread

I used this batter to make muffins and they were DELICIOUS!!

• Strawberry Bread
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• 3 cups fresh strawberries; 1 cup mashed and 2 cups diced
• 3 1/8 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2/3 cups vegetable oil
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 1 1/4 cups chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter and flour two 9 x 5 inch loaf pans. Slice strawberries, and place in medium-sized bowl. Sprinkle lightly with sugar, and set aside while preparing bread mixture. Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, salt and baking soda in large bowl: mix well. Blend oil and eggs into strawberries. Add strawberry mixture to flour mixture, blending until dry ingredients are just moistened. Stir in pecans. Divide batter into pans

Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, or until tester inserted comes out clean. Let cool in pans on wire rack for 10 minutes. Turn loaves out, and cool completely.

Cornbread Casserole

This was even better the next day heated up with leftover One Pot Chili. I didn't have any cornbread mix so I made my own and then followed the directions for the casserole as written. Yum!

Cornbread mix

1 cup flour

1 cup cornmeal

4 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 cup sugar (optional) (I used 1/3 cup)

Mix all ingredients together and add to below recipe.

Cornbread Casserole

1 (15 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained and 1/2 liquid reserved
1 (14.75 ounce) can cream-style corn
2 eggs
1 (8 ounce) package dry corn bread mix (or see above recipe)
1 cup sour cream
8 ounces Cheddar cheese, shredded (I omitted this)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.
In a large mixing bowl, combine corn, reserved liquid, eggs, corn bread mix and sour cream; stir until blended. Pour batter into prepared pan; sprinkle with cheese.
Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, until golden brown.

Cranberry Upside-down Coffee Cake

Oh my. This little gem is just that, a little GEM. Tart, sweet, moist and perfect with coffee. Love it. Word to the wise, DO NOT SKIP LINING THE PAN. You'll have sugary goodness allllll over your oven. What a waste that would be because the topping makes this recipe!

Cranberry upside-down coffee cake

2/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup butter
1 1/4 cups cranberries
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup butter, room temperature

3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup sour cream
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Wrap the outside of a 9 inch springform pan with aluminum foil to prevent leaking. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Set aside.
In a saucepan over medium heat, combine brown sugar and 1/3 cup butter. Bring to a boil, then pour into bottom of springform pan. Sprinkle with cranberries and pecans.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and 3/4 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the sour cream. Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then invert onto serving platter and carefully remove pan. Serve warm.

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins

These are a cross between a pumpkin muffin and cheesecake! Perfect with coffee. Love it!

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins

1 pkg. (2-layer size) spice cake mix
1 pkg. (3.4 oz.) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding
1 cup canned pumpkin

1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened

1/4 cup sugar
1 egg

HEAT oven to 350ºF.
PREPARE cake batter as directed on package. Add dry pudding mix and pumpkin; mix well. Spoon into 24 paper-lined muffin cups.
BEAT cream cheese with mixer until creamy. Blend in sugar and egg; spoon over batter. Swirl gently with small spoon.
BAKE 18 to 21 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool 5 min.; remove to wire racks. Cool completely.

Pineapple Zucchini Bread

This was DELICIOUS! Low fat and so moist. The kids loved it. I'm going to make a few more loaves and freeze them to see how that works out.

Pineapple Zucchini Bread

Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups sugar
2/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/3 cup canola oil
2 egg whites
1 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups shredded zucchini
1 can (8 ounces) unsweetened crushed pineapple, drained
1/3 cup chopped walnuts

Directions: In a large bowl, beat the sugar, applesauce, oil, egg whites, egg and vanilla until well blended. Combine the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and baking soda; gradually beat into sugar mixture until blended. Stir in the zucchini, pineapple and walnuts. Transfer to two 8-in. x 4-in. loaf pans coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Yield: 2 loaves (12 slices each).

Grandma's Honey Muffins

It doesn't matter who's Grandma came up with these sweet little darlings, they're delicious!

Grandma’s Honey Muffins

2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1 cup milk
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/4 cup honey
In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, whisk the egg, milk, butter and honey; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened.
Fill greased or paper lined muffin cups three-fourts full. Bake at 400 for 15-18 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Remove from pan to wire rack. Serve warm.