Dougherty Family Recipe Box

Category: Quick Bread

  • Lemon Bread

    Ingredients

    • 1/2 cup shortening
    • 1 cup white sugar
    • 2 eggs
    • grated rind of 1 lemon
    • 1/2 cup milk
    • 1 1/2 cups flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • 1/4 cup white sugar
    • juice of 1 lemon

    Method

    1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
    2. Grease a loaf pan.
    3. Cream together shortening, white sugar, and eggs in a stand mixer with paddle attachment.
    4. Mix in lemon rind and milk.
    5. Mix in flour and baking powder.
    6. Pour batter into pan.
    7. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean (about 45 minutes).
    8. Mix together sugar and lemon juice, then spoon over hot bread just as it comes out of the oven.
    9. Allow bread to cool, then remove from pan.

    Source

    Barkley family recipe, card marked recipe club.

  • Orange Bread

    Ingredients

    • 2 orange rinds
    • 1 cup cold water
    • 1 cup white sugar
    • 1/2 cup cold water
    • 1 tablespoon butter
    • 1 egg
    • 2 cups flour
    • 3 teaspoons baking powder
    • pinch salt
    • walnuts (optional)

    Method

    1. Preheat oven to  350°F.
    2. Grease a loaf pan.
    3. Cut orange rinds up with scissors until they are very fine.
    4. Put rinds and 1 cup water in a saucepan and bring to a boil, let boil 10 minutes.
    5. Add sugar and remaining water to saucepan, bring to a boil, then let cool.
    6. Mix butter and egg into juice.
    7. Mix in flour, baking powder, and salt, and mix until combined (add walnuts if desired).
    8. Pour batter into loaf pan.
    9. Bake until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean (about 1 hour).

    Source

    Barkley family recipe.

  • Raspberry Muffins

    Ingredients

    • 1/3 cup unsalted butter
    • 1 cup white sugar
    • 2 eggs
    • 1/4 cup 0% greek yogurt
    • 1/4 cup water
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
    • 2 teaspoons baking powder
    • 2 cups raspberries

    Method

    1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
    2. Line a muffin pan.
    3. Cream together butter and sugar in a stand mixer with paddle attachment.
    4. Beat in the eggs.
    5. Stir in the yogurt, water, and vanilla.
    6. In a separate bowl, stir together flour and baking powder.
    7. Toss raspberries in the dry ingredients until coated.
    8. Gently stir dry ingredients and fruit into the wet ingredients.
    9. Drop batter into muffin pans.
    10. Bake until the tops are dry to the touch and a toothpick inserted in the centre of a muffin comes out clean (about 20-25 minutes).

    Source

  • Blueberry Apple Muffins

    Ingredients

    • 1/2 cup butter
    • 3/4 cup white sugar
    • 2 eggs
    • 2/3 cup 0% greek yogurt
    • 1/2 cup water
    • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    • 3 cups all-purpose flour
    • 4 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
    • 1/2 teaspoon salt
    • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
    • 3/4 cup blueberries
    • 3/4 cup chopped apples with peels

    Method

    1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
    2. Line a muffin pan.
    3. Cream together butter and sugar in a stand mixer with paddle attachment.
    4. Beat in the eggs.
    5. Stir in the yogurt, water, and vanilla.
    6. In a separate bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
    7. Toss the blueberries and apples in the dry ingredients until coated.
    8. Gently stir dry ingredients and fruit into the wet ingredients.
    9. Drop batter into muffin pans.
    10. Bake until the tops are dry to the touch and a toothpick inserted in the centre of a muffin comes out clean (about 20 minutes).

    Source

  • Gingerbread Apple Muffins

    Ingredients

    • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
    • 3/4 cup 0% greek yogurt
    • 1/2 cup 0% milk
    • 1/2 cup brown sugar
    • 1/2 cup molasses
    • 1 egg
    • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
    • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
    • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
    • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
    • 1/2 teaspoon salt
    • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
    • 1 1/2 cups finely diced sweet apples, skin on

    Method

    1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
    2. Line a muffin pan.
    3. In stand mixer with whisk attachment, mix together oil, yogurt, milk, sugar, molasses, and egg.
    4. In a separate bowl, stir together flour and spices.
    5. Add apples to dry ingredients and stir until apple pieces are coated.
    6. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir gently until just combined.
    7. Drop batter into muffin pans.
    8. Bake until the tops are dry to the touch and a toothpick inserted in the centre of a muffin comes out clean (about 16 to 18 minutes).

    Source