5 Easy Holiday Bread Recipes

What goes better with your holiday menu than these five easy holiday bread recipes. These holiday bread recipes are versatile enough, that you can have them as a breakfast treat, snack, or dessert. Add these recipes to your menu and you will be sure to please your guests.

To make this easy holiday bread recipe for pumpkin bread you will need:

• 3 cups canned pumpkin puree
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
• 4 cups white sugar
• 6 eggs
• 4 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 1 1/2 tsp. ground cloves

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F. Grease and flour three 9 x 5 inch loaf pans.
2. Mix together the pumpkin, oil, sugar, and eggs.
3. Combine the remaining ingredients; stir into the pumpkin mixture until well blended.
4. Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans.
5. Bake for 45 minutes to one hour. 

To make this easy holiday bread recipe for banana bread you will need:

• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup shortening
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 cup mashed ripe bananas

1. Cream sugar and shortening, mix for five minutes.
2. Combine the next five ingredients with the sugar mixture, alternately with bananas, beating after each addition (the batter will be thick).
3. Pour into a greased 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan.
4. Bake at 350 F for 40 to 45 minutes. Cool in pan for ten minutes.

To make this easy holiday bread recipe for cranberry bread you will need:

• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 3/4 cup orange juice
• 1 tbs. grated orange peel
• 2 tbs. shortening
• 1 egg, well beaten
• 1 1/2 cups cranberries
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan.
2. Mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda in a  bowl. Stir in orange juice, orange peel, shortening and egg.
3. Stir in cranberries and nuts. Pour into loaf pan.
4. Bake for 55 minutes. Cool for fifteen minutes. 

To make this easy holiday bread recipe for pumpkin cranberry bread you will need:

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tbs. pumpkin pie spice
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 (15 oz.) can pumpkin puree
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup dried cranberries
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour two 9 x 5 inch loaf pans.
2. Combine flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder and salt. Combine eggs, sugar, pumpkin and oil in another bowl, beat until blended. Combine both mixtures.
3. Fold the cranberries and walnuts into the batter. Pour the batter into the  loaf pans.
4. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes. 

To make this easy holiday bread recipe for cornbread you will need:

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup yellow cornmeal
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1 tbs. baking powder
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup honey
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten

1. Preheat oven to 400 F. Grease a 9 x 9 inch baking pan.
2. Stir together flour, cornmeal, sugar and baking powder.
3. Stir in the cream, oil, honey and eggs.
4. Pour batter into the baking pan.
5. Bake for twenty to 25 minutes.