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Mix-n-Match Quick Bread Recipe

© Deborah Taylor-Hough

I'm always on the look out for recipes that are quick, easy, family-friendly, inexpensive and flexible. This quick bread meets all of my criteria for a budget-worthy recipe.

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MIX-N-MATCH QUICK BREAD
(Makes two loaves)
You can also make muffins with this recipe.

Ingredients:

• 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup oil
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups Mix-n-Match (see below)
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped nuts or seeds (your choice)

Mix-n-Match (one or more of the following to equal 2 cups)

• Apples, grated or chopped
• Applesauce
• Apricots, chopped
• Bananas, mashed or chopped
• Berries
• Carrots, cooked and mashed or grated
• Cherries, pitted and chopped
• Coconut, grated
• Cranberries, dry or raw, chopped
• Dates or figs, pitted and finely chopped
• Lemon, 1/2 cup juice
• Marmalade (omit 1 cup sugar)
• Oranges, chopped
• Orange juice, 1/2 cup juice
• Peaches, fresh or canned, chopped
• Pears, fresh or canned, chopped
• Pineapple, crushed and well-drained
• Prunes, chopped
• Pumpkin, canned
• Raisins
• Rhubarb, finely chopped (add 1/2 cup more sugar)
• Strawberries, well-drained
• Sweet Potatoes or Yams, cooked and mashed, or grated
• Zucchini, grated and well-drained

Directions:

1. Sift together dry ingredients.
2. In separate bowl, beat eggs; add oil and sugar; cream together.
3. Stir in vanilla and your choice of Mix-n-Match.
4. Add dry ingredients; mix well. Stir in nuts.
5. Spoon into 2 well-greased loaf pans.
6. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour.

For Muffins:

Spoon batter into muffin tins and bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes.

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Tasty MIX-N-MATCH combinations:

• Carrot-Raisin-Walnut
• Pumpkin-Raisin-Sunflower seeds
• Apple-Cranberry-Walnut
• Cranberry-Orange-Walnut

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