Recipes
Peach Bread
If you suddenly find yourself with too many ripe peaches, this is a good solution!
2 to 3 fresh peaches (to make 1 cup finely chopped peaches)
¾ cup sugar
¼ cup margarine
1 ¾ cups flour (can use whole wheat)
½ tsp. cinnamon
½ tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. baking soda
⅛ tsp. salt
1 egg
½ tsp. vanilla
¼ cup chopped pecans (optional)
Preheat oven to 325 °F. Wash, pit and cut up peaches. Chop peaches finely, until consistency of oatmeal.
Cream sugar and margarine. In another bowl, mix together dry ingredients. Combine the creamed mixture, dry
ingredients, chopped peaches, vanilla and egg. Mix well. Add walnuts and mix again. Pour into greased loaf pan. Bake
55 minutes. Cool 5 minutes and remove from pan. Cool on rack. Serves 10.
Calories: 191 per slice
Fat: 4 grams per slice
