Pumpkin Bread

Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients

2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup pumpkin puree
1 cup sugar
½ cup milk
2 large eggs room temperature
¼ cup vegetable oil or melted butter
1 cup chopped pecans optional

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 9x5-inch loaf pan or line it with parchment paper.

In a large bowl, whisk together flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.

In a medium bowl, combine the pumpkin puree, sugar, milk, eggs, and oil. Add the wet ingredients to the dry mixture and stir just until moistened. Fold in the nuts if using.

Pour the batter into the prepared baking and bake for 55-65 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Cool 5 minutes in the pan. Remove and cool completely on a wire rack.

Source: www.spendwithpennies.com/pumpkin-bread/

Chocolate French Toast

Ingredients: 
3 large eggs
3/4 cup 1% milk
3 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons HERSHEY'S Cocoa
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
10 slices whole wheat bread
2-1/2 cups fresh strawberries, sliced
10 teaspoons soft margarine (contains no partially hydrogenated oil)



Directions: 
Beat eggs, milk, sugar, cocoa, vanilla, salt and cinnamon, if desired, in large bowl until smooth.

Heat griddle or skillet over medium-low heat. Grease griddle with margarine, if necessary.

Dip bread in egg mixture. Place on griddle. Cook about 2 to 4 minutes on each side. Serve immediately with 1 teaspoon soft margarine per slice.

Recipe and Photo (c)Hershey's at Chocolate French Toast

Banana Bread

Banana Bread

Ingredients:
2 eggs
1 3/4 c. sifted flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 c. vegetable oil
2/3 c. sugar
1 c. mashed bananas (about 3 bananas)

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (180 degrees Celsius). Beat eggs well in a small bowl. In a medium-size bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a large bowl, add the vegetable oil. Add the sugar a little bit at a time, and continue beating until the mixture is fluffy. Add the eggs to the mixture in the large bowl and beat well.

Add some of the flour mixture to the large bowl and beat well. Then add some of the mashed bananas and beat some more. Continue adding flour, then bananas, then flour, then bananas, until everything is mixed in. Pour mixture into the baking pan. Bake for 70 minutes. Flip your banana bread out of the pan, let it cool for a bit, and cut it into slices to eat and share!

Monkey Bread

Monkey Bread

4 cans refrigerated biscuits
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 1/2 sticks butter (3/4 cup)
1/2 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons cinnamon
1/2 cup raisins (these are optional, it’s great with or without them)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 9-10 inch tube pan. Mix white sugar and cinnamon in a medium sized plastic bag. Cut the biscuits into halves or quarters and place six to eight biscuit pieces in the sugar cinnamon mix. Shake well.

Arrange pieces in the bottom of the greased pan. Continue layering until all the biscuit pieces are coated and in the pan. If you are using raisins, place them among the biscuit pieces as you are layering.

In a small saucepan, melt the butter with the brown sugar over medium heat. Boil for 1 minute. Pour over the layered biscuits. Bake for 35 minutes. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a plate. Pull apart and enjoy!

Icing Ingredients:
1/2 pound cream cheese
1/2 pound butter
1 pound powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon lemon juice

Icing Directions:
Allow cream cheese and butter to get to room temperature. Beat butter and cream cheese together in a large bowl with a mixer. Slowly add in the pound of powdered sugar. After all the powdered sugar is added mix for 12 minutes (do not mix less than that). When almost done, add in the extract and lemon juice.