Best Bishop Recipes

BISHOP'S BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat sugar, eggs and extracts. In another bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt; stir in almonds, walnuts, dates, cherries and candy bar. Stir into egg mixture until blended., Pour into a greased and floured 9x5-in. loaf pan. Press down firmly to eliminate air spaces. Bake at 300° for 2 hours. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.

BISHOP'S BREAD I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• Beat egg in mixing bowl until frothy. Add sugar, oil, and vanilla. Beat to blend. Mix in buttermilk.
• In another bowl measure the flour, soda, and salt. Stir to mix well. Add walnuts, cherries, raisins, and chips. Mix together. Add all at once to liquid batter. Stir only until just combined. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour or until bread tests done. Let bread stand for 10 minutes then remove from pan and let cool on a rack.

CHRISTMAS BISHOP'S BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla., In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Fold in chocolate chips, raisins, pecans and cherries., Transfer to a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake 65-75 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack., In a small bowl, mix glaze ingredients until smooth. Drizzle over warm bread.

BISHOP'S BREAD II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease two 9x5 inch loaf pans.
• In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition.
• In a separate bowl, sift together flour, salt and baking powder. In a third bowl, combine the buttermilk, baking soda, vanilla extract and maraschino cherry juice.
• Stir the milk mixture and flour mixture alternately into the egg mixture until a soft batter is formed. Fold in cherries, chocolate chips, dates, coconut and pecans. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake in preheated oven for 90 to 120 minutes, until loaves are firm and a toothpick inserted into the center of each loaf comes out clean.

BISHOP'S CHOCOLATE PIE

Steps:

• Beat pudding and milk together until it is smooth and begins to thicken.
• Add ice cream and vanilla and mix well.
• Pour evenly divided into pie crusts.
• Add a layer of Cool Whip and sprinkle half the chocolate chips on each pie.
• Refrigerate until serving time or freeze (especially if you plan to take it somewhere). Don't let it set out too long before serving. Cut into 6-8 slices while the filling is still firm.
• VARIATION: Try vanilla pudding with strawberry ice cream; top with Cool Whip, sliced strawberries, and chocolate chips.

BISHOP'S CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter with sugar.
• Add eggs, juice and vanilla.
• Beat Well.
• Add sifted flour.
• Bake in angel food cake pan that has been greased and floured for 1 hour and 15 minutes in a 325 degree oven.
• Let cool before removing from pan.
• Cake can be used for gifts wrapped in tea towel and tied with a bow for teachers gifts.

BISHOP'S BREAD

Steps:

• Mix first three ingredients.
• Add nuts, fruit and chocolate and mix lightly.
• Beat eggs and sugar together and stir into first mixture.
• Line a 9” x 5” x 3” loaf pan with brown paper; butter paper.
• Pour in mixture.
• Bake in slow oven (325°F.) about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• Turn out on rack to cool.
• Bread is best if stored, well-wrapped, for a day or two before slicing.

BISCHOFSBROT (BISHOP'S BREAD)

Steps:

• Cream the butter and one-half cup of the sugar. Slowly add five of the egg yolks and blend thoroughly. (The remaining egg yolk may be saved for another use, or discarded.) Add the lemon and orange rind.
• Beat all six egg whites with the remaining sugar until stiff. Add to the mixture.
• Add the raisins, almonds, chocolate bits and flour. Lightly butter a 10-inch-by-3-inch-by-5-inch loaf pan and sprinkle with flour.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes. The bread is done when no imprint is left when finger-tested in the center.
• Cool the bread on a rack and decorate with powdered sugar and almonds.

AUNT ISABEL'S BISHOP'S CAKE

Steps:

• Chop the dates, pecans, and cherries and set aside in individual prep bowls.
• Dust dates lightly with about 1 teasp. flour or less.
• Combine eggs and butter.
• Sift together dry ingredients and add to egg mixture.
• Stir in other ingredients one at a time, first the dates, then pecans, then cherries, and last the chocolate chips.
• Make sure to stir thoroughly after each addition.
• Pour into greased loaf pan, I used Pam and then lined with parchment paper.
• Bake 325 degrees for 1 1/2 hours. (I baked it for 1 3/4 hours).
• Let it rest and cool! The first time I tried to take it out of the pan -- I cannot begin to tell you of the mess I made. Then I decided it was not done, as I had only baked it 1 1/4 hours, so I tried to stuff it pack into the pan. That was not easy, but I did it, baked it another hour, and pried it out after letting it cool. It was ugly all the way around, but very good! So good that I am making lots more for sharing.

BISHOP'S BROWN DERBY WITH DIABLO SAUCE

Steps:

• For the Diablo sauce:.
• In large sauce pan mix first 7 ingredients.
• Bring to a boil.
• In a small pan, melt margarine and gradually add flour, stirring until smooth.
• Add gradually to sauce mixture until desired thickness is reached.
• It is best to taste the seasonings as you mix the ingredients so that the sauce is to your desired taste.
• You may find that you want to increase or decrease certain ingredients to suit your taste.
• For the Brown Derby:.
• Lightly mix all ingredients and shape into 8 patties.
• Broil on a grill to your liking.
• Place on plates and cover with Diablo sauce.
• This can be served with practically anything on the side.
• French fries, fried potatoes etc.
• NOTE: You may lose some of the flavor but the patties are still tasty if cooked inside in a skillet over medium heat.

SMOKING BISHOP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Prepare oranges for roasting: wash and dry them well, and stud each fruit equally with cloves. Roast the clove-studded fruits in the oven for an hour, then transfer them to a large glass or ceramic bowl.
• Add the sugar and the red wine (do not add the port yet) to the bowl. Cover the bowl and leave it in a warm spot in the kitchen for at least 12 hours, and up to 24.
• After the citrus-sugar-wine mixture has rested, cut the fruits in half and juice them through a strainer into the wine and sugar mixture. Discard fruits after they have been juiced. Strain the mixture again, this time into a heavy saucepan. Discard solids.
• Add the port, the cinnamon stick, and the cardamom pods to the saucepan, and heat very slowly-until it "smokes" (the vapors rise), hence the name; do not allow it to boil.
• Once the Bishop is as hot as you like, turn off the heat. Remove the cinnamon stick and cardamom pods. Serve in warmed, heatproof glasses, garnished with orange peel.

SWEET BISHOP'S BREAD COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease with vegetable shortening, the sides and bottom of an 8-inch by 8-inch square baking pan.
• In a medium mixing bowl, thoroughly combine the flour, brown sugar, and salt.
• With a pastry blender or a fork, cut the butter into the flour-brown sugar mixture until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs (as if you were making pie dough). Measure and set aside 3/4 cup of this flour-brown sugar-butter mixture.
• To the remaining flour-brown sugar-butter mixture (not the 3/4 cup mixture that you set aside), thoroughly stir in the baking powder, soda, and cinnamon.
• Add the beaten egg and buttermilk or sour milk; beat until the batter is smooth.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and spread evenly.
• Sprinkle 3/4 cup reserved crumb mixture evenly over the top of the batter.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the coffee cake comes out clean. (TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE, check the cake for doneness after its been in the oven for 40 minutes).
• Cool 10 minutes on a wire cake rack.
• Cut the coffee cake into 9 squares, each square being slightly under 2 and 3/4 inches in width and slightly under 2 and 3/4 inches in length.
• Serve warm.

BISHOP'S BREAD - A CHRISTMAS FAVORITE

Steps:

• Prehead Oven to350°.
• Mixture 1.
• In mixing bowl, beat egg with electric mixer for about 1 minute.
• Add sugar, oil, and vanilla to the egg. Beat well.
• Blend in the buttermilk.
• Mixture 2.
• In another bowl sift together the flour, soda, and salt.
• Add pecans, cherries, raisins or dates, and chocolate chips. Blend gently - Careful not to mash the cherries.
• Combine Mixture 1 and Mixture 2. Blend gently - Careful not to mash the cherries.
• Pour the batter into a greased and floured 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• Bake in preheated 350° oven for 1 hour, or until a wooden pick or cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. (If cherries weren't drained well enough, the excess moisture will increase baking time).
• Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes then remove to a rack to cool completely.

BISHOP COCKTAIL

Steps:

• In the bottom of a cocktail shaker, muddle lemon wheel with simple syrup (pound the lemon with the end of a thick wooden spoon or a muddler to extract the juice and the oils from the rind). Add rum, and fill canister halfway with ice. Cover and shake well. Drain into a goblet.
• Add 3 ice cubes and red wine to goblet. Stir gently and garnish with a half-slice of lemon.

BISHOP'S BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F and grease a 5 x 9" pan.
• Beat egg whites to stiff peaks; set aside.
• Beat yolks until light and lemon-colored; add sugar and vanilla and beat well.
• Sift dry ingredients together and stir into egg mixture.
• Add nuts and raisins.
• Fold in egg whites and pour into prepared pan.
• Bake for 20 minutes.
• While still hot, sprinkle confectioners' sugar over the top and cut into squares.

SMOKING BISHOP

Steps:

• Wash the fruit and bake it on a foil lined baking sheet until it becomes pale brown, turning once.
• Heat a large earthenware bowl and add the fruit. Stud each fruit with five cloves.
• Add the sugar and the red wine, and store covered in a warm place for about a day.
• Squeeze the fruit to extract the juice, and strain into a saucepan.
• Add the port and warm thoroughly, but don't boil.
• Serve in heated glasses.
• Note: There are many suggestions for variations in this recipe, including the addition of star anise and cinnamon sticks.
• There was also a suggestion to bring the mix to a boil, simmer for an hour, and add brandy, brown sugar and orange juice.

CHRISTMAS BISHOP

Steps:

• Insert 10 cloves into each lemon and orange. Place the mace and saffron onto the center of a 8 inch square piece of cheesecloth. Gather together the edges of the cheesecloth, and tie with kitchen twine to secure. Combine wine, sugar, lemon, orange, cinnamon stick, and mace and saffron sachet in a large pot. Cover and bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to low and allow the wine to simmer for 1 hour. Remove the sachet, cinnamon stick, and fruit. Serve hot.

BISHOP PIE

Steps:

• Melt butter; stir in flour and 1 c of the nuts.
• Continue stirring until a thick paste is formed, with no flour lumps.
• Press into bottom of a 13x10 baking pan and bake 15 min at 375F.
• Cool.
• Prepare first layer of filling by combining cream cheese, sugar, and 1 c whipped topping.
• Beat with electric mixer at med speed for 2-3 min.
• Spoon into cooled crust, then smooth with spatula.
• Combine pudding and milk in the mixing bowl used for the first filling.
• Beat well, then pour over the cream cheese layer.
• As soon as the chocolate layer firms up a bit, spoon on more whipped topping, smoothing and adding until there is an additional 1/2" layer above the chocolate.
• Sprinkle with remaining pecans and chill for at least 3 hours.

SPRING HILL RANCH'S BISHOP'S BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Adjust an oven rack to the center position and preheat the oven to 325°(350° at 8,000 feet). Grease and flour a 4"x9"(±) loaf pan. For easier extraction of the finished loaf, place a doubled-over strip of aluminum foil (about 6"x12") in the loaf pan with its ends laying over the sides to use as a cradle to lift the loaf out.
• 2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. Stir in chocolate chips, nuts, dates and cherries.
• 3. In small bowl, whisk together the eggs and sugar until they are well combined. Using a wooden spoon, stir these wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Spoon the batter into your prepared loaf pan and smooth the top. Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes. Allow the loaf to cool in the pan for at least 10 minutes before removing it. If possible, store the loaf well wrapped for 1 to 2 days before slicing

BISHOP'S COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass and stir well. Strain into a cocktail glass.