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I LOVE different! I also love any kind of bread, but most especially Quick Breads so this intriguing recipe is right up my alley!

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Glazed Beet Bread

HALLOWEEN MEMORY

I love Halloween. Trick or Treaters to my house are greeted by my two Chihuahuas,
Mosquito and DustBunny, in costume.

I’m sharing a recipe I made long ago, lost, then found again recently. Beet Bread may not
sound terribly exciting, but the color is truly pretty spooky, and it’s a great sweet, spicy
bread in the tradition of pumpkin or zucchini bread! It’s fun to serve this and have tasters
try to guess what’s in it; an uncle once suggested I call it “Dracula’s Surprise”. I never had
much luck with the original glaze recipe, so I replaced it with this simple confectioner’s
sugar glaze.

INGREDIENTS

Makes one 9″ x 5″ loaf

Beet Bread:

1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
1 can (16 oz.) beets
3 c. sifted flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon ginger
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. grated orange peel

Orange Glaze:

1 cup sifted confectioner’s sugar
1/2 tsp. grated orange peel
just enough orange
juice to make glaze thin enough to drizzle over cake.

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 350″.
STEP 1 – Grease and flour loaf pan.
STEP 2 – Beat sugar, oil and eggs until light and fluffy.
STEP 3 – Drain beets, puree in blender or food processor until smooth.
STEP 4 – Stir into egg mixture
STEP 5 – Mix remaining ingredients together.
STEP 6 – Add to egg/beet mixture, mixing well.
STEP 7 – Turn batter into prepared pan.
STEP 8 – Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until tests done.
STEP 9 – Let cool a few minutes, remove from pan, and cool on rack. Top cooled bread with glaze.

Orange Glaze:
STEP 1 – Stir together sifted confectioner’s sugar, grated orange peel, and just enough orange
juice to make glaze thin enough
STEP 2 – Drizzle over cake.

COMPANY INFORMATION – Six Gables Designs

My company is Six Gables Designs; I design quilt patterns for busy 21st century quilters.
One of my most recent designs, Patty Piper Pieced a Pair of Painless Pointless Pinwheels
makes two (different but coordinating) quilts at once- you can’t make just one!

Jump start your holiday gifts with two cozy cuddle quilts or a pair of twin bed size quilts. Make quilts for siblings that share a room, with border fabrics representing each child’s interests.

Like flannel quilts? Patty Piper is “flannel friendly” too!
Barbara Chojnacki

website URL: www.sixgablesdesigns.com
blog URL: undersixgables.blogspot.com