Moms Famous Batter Bread Recipes

Steps:

• Mix together shortening, sugar, salt, yeast, and 1 1/5 cups flour. Add warm water and beat by hand about 300 strokes, or 3 minutes, with an electric mixer. Add remaining flour, scraping bowl often, and mix all together until smooth.
• Cover with a clean cloth and let rise until doubled in volume.
• Stir dough down gently, and spoon into a lightly greased 9x5 inch loaf pan (the batter should be sticky). Pat down with floured hands to help shape. Cover again, and let rise for about 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Bake for about 45 minutes. Place on a cooling rack, and brush top with melted butter.

Steps:

• Grease and flour two 8 x 4 inch pans. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Sift flour, salt, baking powder, soda, and cinnamon together in a bowl.
• Beat eggs, oil, vanilla, and sugar together in a large bowl. Add sifted ingredients to the creamed mixture, and beat well. Stir in zucchini and nuts until well combined. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake for 40 to 60 minutes, or until tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on rack for 20 minutes. Remove bread from pan, and completely cool.

Steps:

• Grease 2 loaf pans; set aside.
• In a medium bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water.
• (105°F to 115°F).
• Add warm milk, sugar, salt, butter and eggs; mix well.
• In another bowl, mix together flour and oats. Gradually add to the yeast mixture and beat on medium speed until smooth.
• Spread in loaf pans, cover with plastic wrap and let rise for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400°F Bake for 25 to 35 minutes or until hollow-sounding when tapped. Cool on a wire rack.
• Makes 2 loaves.