Mince Easter Bread Recipes

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:

• In a large bowl, sift flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In a medium bowl, combine eggs, butter and vanilla.
• Stir mince meat and nuts into egg mixture. Then pour into dry ingredients.
• Stir only enough to moisten flour. Spoon batter into a greased 9 x 5 inch baking pan.
• Bake at 350* F for 1 hour or until wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan. Cool completely.
• In a small bowl, combine powdered sugar and milk. If necessary, add additional milk to obtain spreading consistency.
• Pour glaze over top of loaf. If desired, decorate top of loaf with little nests of tinted coconut. Fill with jelly beans. (To tint coconut, put the desired amount of coconut in a small jar, add a drop of green food coloring, cover with a lid and shake-shake-shake to disperse the green color.).

Steps:

• In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in water; set aside. In a large bowl, beat eggs and yolks until lemon-colored; gradually add sugar. Add the butter, salt, vanilla, lemon juice and zest; beat well. Add milk and yeast mixture. Gradually add 6 cups flour; beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough., Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes. Sprinkle with raisins; knead for 5 minutes longer. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. , Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide into thirds. Cover and let rest 10 minutes. Shape each portion into a loaf and place in greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Cover and let rise in a warm place until almost doubled, about 30 minutes. , Bake at 325° for 45 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to cool on wire racks.

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter a 900g loaf tin and line the base and sides with baking parchment. Set aside.
• Beat the butter and sugar with an electric whisk until light and fluffy, then slowly whisk in the beaten egg, followed by half the flour. Fold in the remaining flour, the baking powder, mixed spice, mashed bananas and mincemeat.
• Pour into the tin and bake for 1 hr until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean (cover with foil if it darkens too quickly). Leave to cool in the tin for 10 mins, then transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool completely.
• To make the whipped butter, beat the butter, honey and cinnamon using an electric whisk until pale and fluffy. If you like, toast slices of the bread and spread with the butter while warm. The bread will keep in an airtight container for three days, and the butter chilled for up to five.