Staying at home means lots of cooking and baking. We've been trying lots of new recipes and baking lots of breads and enjoying every bite! We're all going to come out of this time with some new skills and hobbies. Whether it's getting really good at baking or becoming a Netflix connoisseur (why not both?!) – it's a win any way you slice it. Here are our favorite stay at home bread recipes!
Classic Banana Bread
Here are the facts, we all buy a bunch of bananas and often end up with a few brown ones left at the end. Don't throw those babies away, they are primed and ready to transform into the delicious bread they've always meant to become.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 2 1/2 cups of mashed overripe bananas
Directions
- Preheat over to 350 degrees F and lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
- Combine flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a large bowl.
- Cream the butter, sugar, and vanilla extract with a hand mixer.
- Stir in the eggs and mashed bananas.
- Combine with the flour mixture and stir until just combined.
- Pour into greased loaf pan.
- Bake for 60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. (If after 60 minutes you have a brown top and edges and an uncooked center, lower the heat to 300 degrees F and bake for another 10-15 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean)
- Cool for 10 minutes and enjoy!
Apple Crumble Bread
Just like the bananas, the apples were ready to be doused in sugar and cinnamon and live their best apple existence. This has been our personal favorite of our bread journey so far and will be a main stable in our home.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 cups of peeled and diced apples (1/2" cubes)
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 4 teaspoons lemon juice
Crumble
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons room temp. butter
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
- In a large bowl mix together apples, oil, lemon juice, sugar, and eggs.
- In a separate bowl mix together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
- Gently add the flour mixture into the apple mixture and stir until just combined.
- For the crumble, combine the flour and brown sugar in a small bowl. Using a fork or fingers, mix the soft butter into the mixture until it makes pea sized crumbles.
- Pour half of the bread batter into the greased loaf pan, add half of the crumble mixture, add the second half of the bread batter and top with the remaining crumble mixture.
- Bake for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool for 10 minutes and enjoy!
Pumpkin Bread
You may think pumpkin flavors are just for fall and boy have you been missing out on year round deliciousness. Pumpkin spice flavors are for all year round and we have just the recipe to convince you otherwise.
Ingredients
- 1 15oz can of pureed pumpkin
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 2/3 cup water
- 3 cups white sugar
- 3 1/3 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
Directions
- Preheat over to 350 degrees F and lightly grease 2 9x5 inch loaf pans (this recipe makes 2 loaves).
- In a large bowl mix together the pumpkin, eggs, oil, water, and sugar until well combined.
- In a separate bowl mix together the flour, salt, and pumpkin pie spice.
- Slowly add the flour mixture into the pumpkin mixture and mix until just combined.
- Divide evenly among the two loaf pans and bake for 50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool for 10 minutes and enjoy!
