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Banana Apricot Bread with Apricot-Pluot Jam

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Summertime and the livin’ is easy, fish are jumpin’ and the apricot trees are loaded with apricots.  I created my own mini heatwave in the kitchen over the weekend with both apricot-pluot jam bubbling away in the preserving kettle and a loaf of banana apricot bread in the oven.  It was worth it.  Apricots are sweet and ripe right now.  We actually had a small harvest from our apricot tree last week, so in addition to the large bag I bought at the farmer’s market my crisper drawer is full of apricots.  Yes to an apricot smoothie, salad, jam, bread, pie….this list is making me smile because I’m a huge fan of fresh apricots.  I also jumped on the Dapple Dandy sweet juicy pluot love train with this recipe for apricot-pluot jam.  Sweet and juicy pluots are good cooked down with the apricots in this jam, which is also added along with the apricots to my banana bread.  I shared my bread over the weekend, taste testers liked it, commenting that you could really taste the apricots.  Score- a new favorite banana bread recipe!  Always good to find a new favorite recipe using apricots during our short but heavenly apricot season.My plan is to share a few more recipes made with my apricot bounty over the next weeks and then move on to sharing lighter Summer fare using both my local farmer’s market finds as well as my own small garden harvest.  My tomatoes don’t love this crazy hot cold weather we’ve been experiencing but I do have corn, squash, peppers, green beans, cucumber, cherry tomatoes and the most beautiful eggplants-love that purple color in the garden.  I’ve been making sandwiches using sliced turkey spread with mustard rolled up in basil or arugula leaves for lunch -hopefully will be adding larger sliced tomatoes from my garden soon.  My favorite lunch this Summer is one of my turkey herb roll ups followed by a sweet ripe piece of fruit, like a couple of small apricots.  My favorite breakfast this week -a slice of my banana apricot bread  with a spoonful of apricot-pluot jam on top.I was seeing apricots at my local farmer’s market for a couple of weeks before I felt I had the time to bring home a large bag to make my favorite apricot jam.  Now I’m doing the same thing with the peaches, tasting and buying a few…I’m getting ready to take the plunge with the peaches..in a couple of weeks, for sure before vacation.  I hope this is sounding like so much fruit and too little time because that’s exactly how I feel every time I pay my local farmer’s market a visit this Summer.

Banana Apricot Bread with Apricot-Pluot Jam

Yield: 1 9\" loaf bread and 8 8-ounce jars of jam

Adapted from King Arthur's Flour and The Blue Chair Jam Cookbook.

Ingredients

  • for the banana apricot bread
  • 1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 2/3 cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon baking spice, Penzeys brand
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 cup ripe mashed bananas, about 2 medium size
  • 1/2 cup chopped fresh apricots, about 2 medium size
  • 3 tablespoons apricot-pluot jam, or apricot jam
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 & 1/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
  • for the apricot-pluot jam
  • 4 pounds pitted and halved apricots
  • 2 pounds pitted and halved pluots
  • 2 & 1/2 pounds granulated white sugar
  • 2 & 1/2 ounces strained freshly squeezed lemon juice

Instructions

  1. for the banana apricot bread
  2. Preheat the oven to 350 F.
  3. Spray a 9"x5" loaf pan with baking spray.
  4. In the bowl of a stand mixer add the butter, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, baking spice, baking soda, baking powder and salt, beat until smooth.
  5. Add the mashed bananas, apricots, jam, honey and eggs, beat until smooth.
  6. Add the flour and walnuts, stirring just to combine.
  7. Spoon the batter into the prepared loaf pan, smooth the top.
  8. Bake for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the bread comes out clean.
  9. Cover the top of the bread with aluminum foil if it browns too much before done.
  10. Cool the bread in the pan until it can be removed to continue cooling on a metal rack.
  11. Cool completely before slicing.
  12. for the apricot-pluot jam
  13. Place the halved apricots and pluots in a large plastic bowl, stir in the sugar and lemon juice to combine.
  14. Press a sheet of plastic wrap over the top of the fruit and let macerate overnight in the refrigerator.
  15. Remove the apricot-pluot mixture from the refrigerator and place in a large preserving pan.
  16. Bring the jam mixture to a boil over high heat, stir often with a rubber spatula, making sure the bottom doesn't stick.
  17. Boil for about 4 minutes, remove from the heat and skim off the foam that has collected at the top of the hot fruit.
  18. Return the jam to a boil and reduce the heat slightly.
  19. Continue to simmer, until the jam thickens, about 35-40 minutes, scrape the bottom of the pan frequently with your rubber spatula.
  20. Turn the heat down lower, continue to cook and stir, about 10-15 more minutes until the jam becomes thicker and looks ready.
  21. Remove a spoonful of the jam to a cold plate to check if it's ready by tilting the jam on the cold plate to make sure it's thick and not runny.
  22. When the jam is ready, ladle it into sterilized 8-ounce jars and process according to the manufacturer's instructions.
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