Holiday Mincemeat Bread Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, & grease a 9 1/2" loaf pan.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder & salt.
• In another bowl, mix together sugar, melted shortening, mincemeat, egg & milk.
• Add to flour mixture, stirring only until dry ingredients are moistened.
• Bake 1 hour.
• Let stand for 24 hours before cutting!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan.
• Mix together the egg, oil, orange peel, juice, and mincemeat, blending well. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; add gradually to the egg mixture. Mix just until moist. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 hour. Remove the loaf from the oven, and cool on a wire rack.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 deg. Spray oven-safe 11-inch skillet or a 9 X 13 cake pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• Prepare cake mix according to package directions, except reduce the water by 1/4 cup. After mixing, fold in the mincemeat and nuts.
• Bake 35 to 40 min. Cake is done with toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
• Let cool 5 min. Run a knife around edge of pan and invert onto serving plate.
• Sauce: Combine butter, sugar and eggnog in small saucepan. Bring to a boil. Boil for 2 min. Remove from heat stir in rum or rum extract and a dash of nutmeg. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Stir the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together; set aside.
• Cream the butter, orange rind and vanilla in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light.
• Beat in the sugar.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Blend in the mincemeat.
• Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
• Stir in the nuts.
• Turn the batter into either a greased 12-cup Bundt or tube pan or a greased 9" x 13" cake pan.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• If using a Bundt pan, bake for 55 to 60 minutes or until done.
• If using a cake pan, bake for 45 to 50 minutes.
• In either case, cool in the pan for 10 minutes.
• Remove from the pan and cool completely.
• Dust with icing sugar before serving.

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in warm water. In a large bowl, combine next 6 ingredients, yeast mixture and 1-1/2 cups flour; beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough (dough will be sticky)., Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease the top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour., Meanwhile, for filling, crumble mincemeat in a small saucepan; add water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook over medium-low heat until thickened, 20-25 minutes. Set aside; cool., Punch down dough. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide into thirds. Roll each into a 14x4-in. rectangle. Spread a third of the filling down the center of each strip; bring the sides of each strip together over filling. Pinch seams to seal. Place strips, seam side down, on a greased baking sheet and braid. Pinch ends to seal; tuck under. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour., Preheat oven to 350°. Bake until golden brown, 20-25 minutes. Remove from pan to a wire rack to cool. , Combine icing ingredients; drizzle over braid.

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line 18 muffin cups with paper liners, and set aside.
• In a large bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and white sugar, mixing until thoroughly blended.
• In another bowl, whisk together the egg, 1 cup of apple cider, and vegetable oil. Stir in the apple and mincemeat. Pour the mincemeat mixture into the flour mixture, and stir until just combined.
• Fill the lined muffin cups 3/4 full, and bake in the preheated oven until the muffins are risen and browned, and a toothpick inserted into the middle of a muffin comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Let cool for about 10 minutes.
• Make a glaze by stirring together the confectioners' sugar, 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon, and about 1 tablespoon of apple cider, or a little more as needed to make the glaze workable. Spread the glaze on the warm muffins.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour two 7 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 2 1/4 -inch loaf pans.Into a medium bowl, crumble mincemeat finely. Stir in buttermilk and egg set aside.In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. Stir in mincemeat mixture until flour is moistened. Spread evenly in pans.Bake for 60 to 65 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from pans and cool on wire racks. Wrap and store overnight to soften crust before serving. Serve at room temperature.*Do not substitute prepared mincemeat.