Best Christmas Bishops Bread Recipes

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BISHOPS BREAD



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This is a Christmas tradition in my family. My mom got the recipe out of a church cookbook in the 50's. I usually make 3 loafs at a time. It is wonderful! Even those who hate fruitcake love this!

Provided by Bekah

Categories     Quick Breads

Time 1h50m

Yield 1 Loaf

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup chocolate chips
2 cups chopped walnuts
1 cup chopped dates
1 cup halved candied cherry
3 eggs
1 cup sugar

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 325.
  • Grease well a bread/loaf pan.
  • If not the non-stick kind, line the bottom only with 3 layers of waxed paper and then grease.
  • Into bowl mix flour, baking powder, and salt; then stir in chocolate chips, walnuts, dates and cherries until well coated with flour.
  • In large bowl, beat the eggs well; then gradually beat in sugar.
  • Fold in the flour mixture and mix well (this will be stiff) and pour into greased pan.
  • Bake 1 1/2 hours or until cake tester come out clean.
  • Cool in pan.
  • Wrap in foil when removed from pan and store at room temp.
  • Slice, serve and enjoy!
  • This is much better the next day!

BISHOP'S BREAD I



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Rich looking and great tasting. Make today and cut tomorrow.

Provided by Carol

Categories     Bread     Quick Bread Recipes     Fruit Bread Recipes

Time 1h25m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 egg
½ cup white sugar
¼ cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup buttermilk
2 cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup chopped walnuts
½ cup candied cherries
½ cup currants
½ cup semisweet chocolate chips

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 263.7 calories, Carbohydrate 39.2 g, Cholesterol 16.3 mg, Fat 10.7 g, Fiber 1.7 g, Protein 4.6 g, SaturatedFat 2.4 g, Sodium 182.8 mg, Sugar 20.9 g

BISHOP'S BREAD - A CHRISTMAS FAVORITE



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A yummy treat to serve at brunch, or after dinner as a sweet treat. Cherries, pecans, and chocolate is a plenty in this wonderful bread. Throw out the fruitcake and move in the Bishop's Bread!

Provided by NikiM

Categories     Quick Breads

Time 1h25m

Yield 1 Loaf, 9 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 egg
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup buttermilk
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup chopped well drained maraschino cherry (best to use the 'candied' ones from a jar,)
1/2 cup raisins (optional) or 1/2 cup chopped dates (optional)
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 304.6, Fat 14.3, SaturatedFat 3.2, Cholesterol 24.6, Sodium 237.1, Carbohydrate 40.4, Fiber 1.9, Sugar 17.9, Protein 5.4

BISHOP'S BREAD



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This makes 2 small loaves, 12 slices each. Chocolate chips (1/2 to 1 cup) can be added to the fruit.

Provided by CJAY8248

Categories     Quick Breads

Time 45m

Yield 2 loaves, 24 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

2 1/2 cups flour, plus some to coat pans
1 1/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon clove
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup raisins, currants (or other dried or candied fruit)

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 350*. Grease and flour 2 loaf pans (8x4).
  • Combine 2 1/2 cups flour, brown sugar, spices and salt in a mixing bowl. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in nuts. Remove 1/2 cup of the mixture and set aside.
  • Mix baking soda into remaining flour mixture, then beat in buttermilk and eggs. Stir fruit into batter just enough to moisten.
  • Scrape batter into prepared pans, and sprinkle with reserved flour mixture. Bake about 35 minutes, until loaves test done with a toothpick. Remove from pans and cool on a rack.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 170.4, Fat 6, SaturatedFat 2.9, Cholesterol 26.1, Sodium 223.1, Carbohydrate 27.3, Fiber 0.9, Sugar 15.4, Protein 3

BISHOP'S BREAD II



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Great for gifts. Make ahead and freeze for later. Rich and tasty!

Provided by Lovesmurfs

Categories     Bread     Quick Bread Recipes

Time 2h20m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 14

2 cups white sugar
1 cup margarine, softened
4 eggs
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained and juice reserved
2 (12 ounce) packages semisweet chocolate chips
2 (8 ounce) packages chopped pitted dates
1 cup flaked coconut
2 cups chopped pecans

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 506.9 calories, Carbohydrate 71.4 g, Cholesterol 31.4 mg, Fat 25.1 g, Fiber 5.1 g, Protein 6.3 g, SaturatedFat 8.1 g, Sodium 302.1 mg, Sugar 46 g

BISCHOFSBROT (BISHOP'S BREAD)



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Provided by Moira Hodgson

Categories     dessert

Time 1h

Yield 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 13

1 1/4 pounds unsalted butter
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
6 eggs, separated
Grated rind of one lemon
Grated rind of one orange
3/4 cup raisins tossed in flour and shaken
3/4 cup slivered almonds
1/2 cup chocolate bits
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tablespoon butter (for buttering the pan)
1/2 tablespoon flour (for flouring the pan)
About 3 tablespoons powdered sugar for decorating
About 10 whole almonds, toasted, for decorating

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.

BISHOP'S BREAD



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I got this recipe from my mother-in-law - she said it's very old, she thought she got it from a magazine in 1965. She said she'd probably add more dates and pecans the next time she made it, but I think I'll add more chocolate chips!

Provided by bunkie68

Categories     Quick Breads

Time 1h45m

Yield 1 loaf

Number Of Ingredients 9

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped nuts
1 cup chopped pitted dates
1 cup sliced maraschino cherry
1 cup semisweet chocolate piece
4 large eggs, beaten
1 cup sugar

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 4458.8, Fat 152.4, SaturatedFat 51.2, Cholesterol 852.7, Sodium 4263.4, Carbohydrate 710.5, Fiber 48.4, Sugar 440.3, Protein 89

BISHOPS BREAD



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My mom use to make this all the time when I was a child. Now this is one of my favorite breads to make. I have many traditions, this bread is one of them that I make every year for Christmas gifts. It is a bread that can be made any day of the week besides give as gifts.

Provided by Lori-Jo Wahl

Categories     Breads

Time 2h

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 1/2 c all purpose flour, sifted
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2/3 c chocolate chips
2 c chopped nuts
1 c dates, finely snipped
1 c red cherries, quartered
3 eggs
1 c sugar

Steps:

  • 1. In large bowl: sift flour with baking powder & salt. Stir in chocolate chips, nuts, dates & cherries until are all well coated.
  • 2. In medium bowl: beat eggs well; gradually beat in sugar. Fold into the flour mixture.
  • 3. Line the bottom of a loaf pan with wax paper & grease the sides well. Pour mixture in pan & smooth out
  • 4. Bake: 325 degrees for 1 1/2 hours or until toothpick comes out clean.

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