Banana Blueberry Bread

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup (2 med) ripe bananas, smashed
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries (unthawed)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 2 9"x5" loaf pans)

Mix sugar and oil together.  Add bananas, yogurt, eggs, vanilla and blend well.  Add in dry ingredients until well mixed.  Fold in blueberries. 

Pour batter into 2 loaf pans and bake for 40-50 minutes.

Cool for 5 minutes once removed from oven; then remove loaves from pans to cool completely.

Pumpkin Bread

3 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
1 can (15 oz) pumpkin
3 1/2 cup all purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp ground allspice
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cloves
2/3 cup water

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Grease and flour 2 loaf pans (9x5) and set aside.

Cream sugar and oil.  Add eggs and pumpkin.  Mix well. 

Sift the flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon, and cloves into the pumpkin mixture, mixing periodically.  Add water and mix well. 

Pour batter into prepared loaf pans. Bake at 350 for 90 minutes.  Let stand to cool in pan for 10 minutes.  Remove from pans after 10 minutes and let cool completely.

English Muffin Bread

5-6 cups all purpose flour
2 packages yeast
1 Tbsp sugar
2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
2 cups milk
1/2 cup water
cornmeal

Grease 2 8.5" x 4.5" x 2.5" loaf pans. Coat the bottom and sides of the greased pans with cornmeal.

Combine yeast, 2 cups flour, sugar, salt and baking soda in a bowl.  Heat milk and water until very warm, but not boiling (microwave 2 1/2 minutes on high).  Add milk and water mixture to the dry ingredients and mix well.  Stir in flour, 1 cup at a time until the mixture forms a stiff batter. 

Spoon batter into loaf pans.  Cover and let raise in a warm place for up to 45 minutes.  Bake at 400 degrees F for 25 minutes.  Remove from pans and cool.

Toast and ENJOY