Autumn Squash Bread Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9x5-inch loaf pans.
• Beat sugar and shortening together in a bowl until fluffy. Stir butternut squash, eggs, and water into sugar mixture.
• Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and cloves in another bowl; stir into sugar mixture. Add nuts and raisins; stir until batter is just blended. Pour batter into prepared loaf pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pans for 15 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

Steps:

• In blender, put 2 cups water, oil, honey, brown sugar and raisins.
• Liquefy that puppy.
• Proof yeast with 1/4 cup water and 1 tablespoon honey.
• Combine 1 cup flour, 2 cups whole wheat, 1 cup rye, milk and salt.
• Add liquid mixture and yeast mixture.
• Beat for 2 minutes.
• Gradually add rest of flour till it pulls away from sides of bowl.
• Turn out onto floured board and knead until smooth and elastic.
• Add flour as needed.
• Grease large bowl and put dough inches.
• Let rise until doubled, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Punch down dough; divide in 4 pieces.
• Cover and let rest 10 minutes.
• Sprinkle 2 baking sheets with cornmeal.
• Shape the 4 pieces into loafs; cover and let rise until doubled, 60 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375°.
• Bake for 35 minutes or crust is browned.
• Brush with butter.

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in warm water. Pour boiling water over cornmeal and oatmeal; let stand until cool.
• Add honey, butter and salt to yeast mixture. Stir in bran, then whole wheat flour.
• Add cooled cereal mixture, then add unbleached flour a cup at a time until mixture is stiff enough to knead.
• Knead 10 to 20 minutes. Let rise 2 hours, then punch out air and shape into four loaves; place loaves onto two lightly greased and floured cookie sheets.
• Let rise 1 hour, then bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. When done, loaves should sound hollow when tapped. Be careful not to underbake the moist, heavy loaf.
• NOTE: Time does not include 3 hour rise time.
• Makes 4 loaves.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm milk. Add 2 cups all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, squash, sugar, butter and salt; beat until smooth. Add enough remaining all-purpose flour to form a soft dough. , Turn out onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6 to 8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour., Punch the dough down. Shape into two loaves and place in greased 9x5-in. loaf pans. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour. , Bake at 375° for 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from pans to cool on a wire rack.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease 2 large loaf pans.
• Whisk dry ingredients together.
• In separate bowl, cream shortening, sugar and vanilla.
• Add eggs one at a time until smooth.
• Mix in squash and apple cider.
• Incorporate dry ingredients slowly, mixing until smooth.
• Add nuts and mix.
• Fill pans and bake in oven for 45-60 minutes.