Prune Bread Recipe
This is a delicious recipe from one of my mother’s old cookbooks. Aren’t those the best recipes, I think they are. This is perfect for breakfast with cream cheese and jam.
With Love,
Catherine
xo
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups dried prunes â without pits
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cups sugar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons melted shortening
Directions
- In medium saucepan, combine prunes with 1 ½ cups water, bring to boiling. Reduce heat, and simmer, covered. 10 minutes.
- Preheat oven 350 degrees.
- Sift flour with sugar, baking soda and salt; set aside.
- Drain prunes, reserving liquid. Chop prunes or place in food processor and give a few good chops.
- Add to reserved liquid, and measure. Add water if needed to make 2 cups.
- In a large bowl combine egg and shortening: with electric mixer at medium speed, beat well. Add prune mixture: beat until well blended.
- Add flour mixture: beat at low speed just until smooth. Turn into prepared pan.
- Bake 50-60 minutes, or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
- Let cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes. Remove from pan: cool completely on rack. Wrap in plastic film or foil, and refrigerate overnight before slicing.
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May 10, 2012I had some prunes to use up so when I saw this recipe I knew they were destined for it. But then I started subbing this and adding that, and before I knew it, I had a different bread entirely. I'm sure your mom's vintage cookbook recipe is a 10 Heart rating, but considering the liberties I took, it would not be appropriate to rate it. Still I thank you for the imnspiration to make a batch of prune bread, and sometime in the future I will post the recipe I came up with, giving credit and a link to yours as the "original".
