ABOUT MUFFINS AND QUICK BREADS
Marilyn, you can bake any muffin recipe as a quickbread. Depends on the type of fruit or veggie used whether it's baked longer, or shorter time though. A standard muffin mix with either pureed veggies or fruit takes a little longer to bake as compared to one that is a standard mix with chunks of fruit, simply because of the density difference, but the differences usually aren't much. A standard muffin recipe that makes 12 standard sized muffins will yield either a 8x4 or 9x5 inch loaf of quickbread. Usually either an 8x4 or a 9x5 inch loaf will take 45 minutes minimum, but usually 55 to 60 minutes to rise and bake properly. You simply according to what recipe your using, start testing it at 45 to 50 minutes. You usually can tell simply by looking at it if it's ready. If it starts to pull away from sides of pan and has crowned and looks dry on the top, then use a toothpick or cake tester to test it. Insert it into the middle of the bread and pull out. If it has very few crumbs attached, or none, it's done. If it pulls out wet, it's not finished baking yet. I, usually when concerting most muffin recipes to quickbread, (standard oil use is 1/2 half cup for 12 muffins, I reduce the oil to 1/4 cup and add a couple tablespoons of applesauce, or pureed prunes. It keeps the loaf moist and, actually makes the bread bake better and is lower in fat. It won't actually hurt the loaf to have a full 1/2 cup of oil though, it's simply a preference of mine and I've noticed the bread turns out moister is all. Let us know if you use the recipe and how it turns out if you make a loaf of bread. Good luck. sue --- In [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> , Cee <cee_psp@...> wrote: > > Yes, most muffin recipes can be baked into quick breads. I have little book of muffin recipes that talks about this but I don't have it here. > > The additional times will vary by the recipe you are using. You can make a good guess about the time by looking at similar quick bread recipes. I would suggest looking at it after baking for 45 minutes then use that as a guide as to how much longer to bake it. My Quilters Favorite Recipe book has quick breads that take from 45 minutes to an hour and 10 minutes. Seems pumpkin breads take the longest. Enjoy. _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
