Layered Orange Prune Bread Recipes

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm milk. Add the butter, shortening, egg yolks, sugar and salt and 3 cups flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. Cover and refrigerate overnight., In a large saucepan, cook plums in water 12-15 minutes or until liquid is absorbed. Mash; add sugar and lemon juice. Cook for 8-10 minutes over low heat until thickened. Cool and refrigerate., Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface; divide in half. Roll each portion into a 3-in. x 9-in. rectangle. Dot with butter; sprinkle with cinnamon. Spread about 1/3 cup plum filling down the center of each. , Fold a third of the dough lengthwise over filling. Fold remaining dough over top; pinch seams to seal and tuck ends under. Place seam side down in two greased 15x10x1-in. baking pans. Cover and let rise in a warm place for 2 hours or until doubled. , Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool. Combine the glaze ingredients; drizzle over loaves.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Add the egg, milk and prunes; mix well. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture just until moistened. Stir in nuts., Pour into two greased and floured 5-3/4x3x2-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to a wire rack.

Steps:

• cover prunes with water and cook until tender.drain and reserve 1/2 cup prune water.
• cool prunes, then dice.
• in a bowl, beat eggs slightly with fork and add oil, sugar, orange peel, extract and reserved prune water and orange juice -- mix well.
• add flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon.add nuts and diced prunes.
• stir only enough to moisten ingredients.
• grease and flour a 9x5" loaf pan.
• pour batter into pan and bake in 350* oven for 55-60 minutes or until it tests done when wooden pick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• cool in pan 10 minutes.
• remove from pan to rack and cool completely before slicing.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour Bundt or tube pan.
• In a medium bowl, mix together flour, soda, salt, allspice, cinnamon and nutmeg. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine oil, eggs and 1 1/2 cup sugar. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed.
• Add flour mixture, alternating with 1 cup buttermilk, starting and ending with dry ingredients. beat well after each addition. Stir in prunes, pecans and 1 1/4 teaspoon vanilla.
• Pour into greased and floured bundt or tube pan and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the center.
• Make large, deep holes in hot cake and pour topping in holes and on top of cake a little at a time, giving it time to soak in.
• For the topping: In saucepan, over medium heat, cook butter, 3/4 cup buttermilk, corn syrup and 1 1/2 cup sugar until sugar and butter melt. Remove from heat and add 2 teaspoons vanilla and stir.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• Sift flour; measure; add baking powder, soda, cinnamon, salt and sugar; sift again, add whole wheat flour and mix thoroughly.
• Combine egg, sour milk or buttermilk, prunes, prune juice and melted shortening or butter; pour into flour mixture and stir just enough to moisten the dry ingredients.
• Do not beat.
• Turn into a greased loaf pan (about 9-1/2"x5-1/2") and bake for about an hour, until a knife comes out clean when inserted in the middle.
• *Note on stewing prunes: Wash prunes and place in a saucepan with several lemon or orange slices; cover with cold water.
• Bring to a boil and boil briskly for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Sweeten to taste by adding up to 1/4 cup of sugar for every 1 cup of prunes in the last 5 minutes of cooking.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan.
• Mix flour, oats, baking powder, ground ginger, baking soda, nutmeg, and cloves together in a bowl.
• Whisk yogurt, prunes, sugar, and eggs together in a large bowl; add flour mixture and stir. Fold maple syrup into the mixture; pour into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool in the pans for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350° F. In a medium bowl, combine 2 1/3 cups flour, sugar, baking powder and salt set aside. In a small bowl, combine prunes, 2 tablespoons flour, cinnamon and cloves toss together and set aside. In a large bowl, beat egg add orange rind and juice, milk, butter or margarine and vanilla. Mix well. Stir flour mixture into egg mixture and blend well. Place half the batter in the medium bowl set aside. To remaining batter, add molasses and baking soda mix well. Fold in prune mixture and blend thoroughly. Spoon dark and light batters alternately into a greased and floured 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan. Cut through batter several times with a spatula to marble layers smooth top with spatula. Let stand 10 minutes. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until tests done. Cool in pan for 10 minutes remove from pan and cool on a wire rack. When cool, wrap in foil and refrigerate. Slice and serve the following day.Note: Letting the batter set for 10 minutes before baking allows the baking soda to start working.