60-Minute Honey-Nut Ladder Loaf

3 3/4 cups flour -- all-purpose
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 package yeast -- rapid-rise
1 cup hot water (125-130)
1 tablespoon margarine -- softened
nut filling-
1/2 cup almonds -- sliced
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup coconut -- flaked
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons margarine -- melted
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Set aside 1 cup flour. Mix remaining flour, sugar, salt, and yeast in mixer bowl. Stir in hot water and margarine. Add enough reserved flour to make soft dough. Knead 4 minutes. Roll dough to 14 x 8" rectangle. Place on greased baking sheet. Spread filling down center third. Cut 1" wide strips from sides of filling to dough edges. Alternately fold strips over filling. Cover. Place boiling water in large shallow pan on counter. Place baking sheet over pan and let dough rise for 15 min. Bake 20 min at 375 or until done. Remove from sheet and cool on wire rack. Can drizzle with a confectioner's sugar glaze, if desired.

Quick Honey Bread



3/4 cup honey

1 cup brown sugar

2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour

1 tsp soda

1 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup chopped nuts

1/2 cup raisins

1 cup boiling water



Put honey in bowl and add the dry ingredients. Mix thoroughly. Add boiling

water and stir well. Grease and flour a 9x5 loaf pan. FIll 2/3 full. Bake

at 350 for 1 1/2 hours.

Honey Quick Bread

2-1/2 c. all-purpose flour 1 t. baking soda 1/2 t. salt 1 t. baking powder 1/4 t. cinnamon 1/2 c. oil 1-1/2 c. buttermilk 1/2 c. honey Mix all ingredients together; spoon into a greased and floured 9"x5" loaf pan. Let stand for 20 minutes; bake at 375 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes. Makes one loaf.

Milk and Honey Bread

1 cup milk
2/3 cup honey
1/4 cup butter
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 1/2 cups white flour
2 eggs
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup toasted wheat germ
1 cup walnut halves or chunks

Heat milk and honey together until the honey is dissolved, then stir in the butter. When the milk and honey mixture is somewhat cooled, beat in the eggs. Sift together the flours and baking power. Add the wheat germ and gradually stir the dry mixture into the liquid. Stir in the walnuts, mix well and turn into a butter loaf pan. Bake at 325F for 1 hour. Makes 1 loaf.

Honey Raisin Bread

2 1/2 cups plain flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate soda
1/2 cup bran cereal
1 cup raisins, chopped
1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
1 cup milk
2 eggs
1/3 cup honey
2 tablespoons melted butter

Mix together flour, baking powder, soda, bran, raisins, sugar and nuts. Combine milk, eggs, honey and butter. Stir into dry ingredients and beat until smooth. Pour batter into greased 9 x 5 inch loaf pan. Bake in 350F oven approximately 1 hour or until done when tested. Serve sliced and buttered.