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plum bread

(2 ratings)
Recipe by
Gail Herbest
Bangor, ME

I have a plum tree in my back yard, It produces a huge amount of small sweet purple plums every year. I try to find different recipes to use them in. This bread is sweet with the small bits of chopped plum giving it a subtle tartness, Really good along with a hot cup of coffee or tea

(2 ratings)
yield 8 -10
prep time 15 Min
cook time 45 Min

Ingredients For plum bread

  • 1 c
    pitted and chopped fresh plums
  • 1 Tbsp
    all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 c
    butter, softened
  • 1 c
    white sugar
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla extract
  • 2 md
    eggs
  • 1 1/2 c
    all purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 1/4 tsp
    baking soda
  • 1/3 c
    plain yogurt
  • 1/4 c
    brown sugar

How To Make plum bread

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. spray a 9x5 loaf pan with non stick cooking spray
  • 2
    In a small bowl sprinkle chopped plums with the 1 Tbsp of flour and toss to coat, set aside
  • 3
    In a large bowl, beat the butter, white sugar and vanilla extract with an electric beat until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs.
  • 4
    In another bowl sift together the 1 1/2 cup of flour with the salt and baking soda. stir the dry ingredients into the egg mixture alternating with the yogurt until mixture forms a smooth batter, Lightly stir in the flour coated plums and pour into the prepared loaf pan
  • 5
    sprinkle the top with the brown sugar
  • 6
    Bake in oven until toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, 45-50 minutes
  • 7
    Remove from oven and cool in the pan for 10-15 minutes before removing from the pan

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