My husband's family has decided to not exchange gifts this Christmas...just get together and eat!

I want to bring something that everyone can share and take some home. Does anyone have any good, easy and freezable breads recipes? I've done the pumpkin bread before and I'd like to find something new.

Also...does fudge freeze well?

Thanks
Tampa Mom

You know what would be neat and it is extremely good? Friendship bread! I don't know the recipie but it would be fun they could take their own bag home and make it then pass it on to another friend!

Fudge does freeze well. I usually put mine in a freezer zip loc bag or a freezer container.

With the breads, there are several banana breads.....ones with nuts and chocolate chips.....cranberry bread, apple-raisin bread.

I think this year I am gonna make several batches of homemade cracker jacks and put in cellaphane bags with a christmas ribbon on it. Hubby's family is just to big and we can't afford to buy for everyone.

* Bread *

Just a humble loaf of bread,
But 'twas once a bowl of paste,
Which, if I left in that condition
Would have surely gone to waste.

But, when kneaded, it was changed
Into something good to eat.
By some kind and loving hands
And an interval of heat.

We, like that loaf of bread,
Must be "needed" to become
What the Lord desires of us
Ere we return back home.

But we cannot "Need ourselves"
We must all serve one another
With kind and loving hands,
Just like our elder Brother,

So that when we are subjected
To that interval of heat,
We'll be like the loaf of bread;
Warm and smooth, and smelling sweet.
- unknown


And some bread recipes too!

Poppy Seed Bread
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup butter or margarine
3 eggs
1 1/2 tsp. almond extract
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
3 cups flour
1 1/2 cups milk
1 tablespoon poppy seeds
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp. salt
Preheat 350 degree oven. Combine sugar, butter, eggs, and extracts. Mix
on medium speed, scrape bowl often until light and fluffy, 2-3 minutes.
Add remaining ingredients. Beat 1-2 minutes more until mixed. Pour into
bundt or tube pan. Bake 50-65 minutes until done. Cool 10 minutes.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Slice into medium thin pieces and place on
serving plate for guests.
~*~
Pistachio Bread
1 yellow cake mix
1 box instant pistachio pudding
1/4 cup oil
1/2 pint sour cream
4 eggs
1/4 cup water
Mix all ingredients with a mixer until blended. In another bowl mix
these ingredients:
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup crushed walnuts or pecans
1 tsp. cinnamon
Great Breads
This makes two loaves. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter pans. Start
with a layer of the bread mixture, then sprinkle on the nut mixture,
another layer of bread mixture, and at the end sprinkle the top with the
nut mixture and marble it all with a knife through the batter. This does
not have to be exact as far as the layers as long as you distribute it
in both loaves and then marble. Bake for one hour; or when toothpick
comes clean.
~*~
Coconut Bread
1/4 lb. butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. coconut extract
8 oz. sour cream
1 cup coconut
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
Cream together butter and sugar. Beat in eggs and extract. Mix in sour
cream. Add coconut and mix well. Stir flour, baking powder, and baking
soda together. Add to batter, mix well. Put batter into lightly greased
loaf pan and bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes until done.
~*~
Milk and Honey Bread
1/2 cup honey
1 cup milk
3 tablespoons melted butter
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
3/4 cup chopped pecans
1 egg, beaten
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter loaf pan. In medium saucepan,
combine 1/2 cup honey and milk, Stir over medium heat until honey
dissolves. Stir in melted butter. Set aside to cool. Sift flour, sugar,
baking powder and salt into large mixer bowl. Add pecans and toss to
coat. Set aside. Whisk egg into cooled milk mixture. Add to flour
mixture. Beat at medium speed just until blended. Pour into pan and
smooth top. Bake for 65-75 minutes until toothpick comes clean from
center. Cool on rack 10 minutes, Remove and cool again on rack.
~*~
Applesauce Date-nut Bread
3/4 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup chopped dates or raisins
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup applesauce
3 tablespoons oil
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
In large bowl, mix nuts, dates, baking soda, salt, applesauce and oil,
and let stand 20 minutes. Add the flour, sugar, eggs and vanilla and mix
well after it rests. Pour batter into sprayed 9x5 loaf pan, and bake 1
hour or until knife comes clean. Cool 10 minutes and remove. Make 1
loaf.
7 grams fat, 17 milligrams cholesterol.
~*~
Herb Bread
1 1/3 c. water
3 Tbsp. dry milk
1 1/2 tsp. salt
3 Tbsp. sugar
3 Tbsp. shortening
3 3/4 c. white bread flour
1 1/2 tsp. each dried basil, oregano and thyme 2 tsp. yeast
Measure ingredients into pan in order given for your bread machine
instructions. Put on the 2 pound setting.
~*~
Cheese and Chive Bread
Makes 1-1/2 pound loaf
2/3 cup (5-1/2 ounces) water
2 tablespoons oil
1 tablespoon honey
1 cup (4 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese 2 large eggs
3 1/2 cups bread flour
1/4 cup powdered milk
2 tablespoons dried chives or 1/4 cup fresh snipped 1/2 teaspoons salt
2-1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
Put all the ingredients in the inner pan in the order your machine calls
for. Select 1 1/2 pound setting.

Yum! That poppyseed bread sounds good
I always make pumpkin bread but have been experimenting with adding chocolate chips the last few times.

The coconut bread sounds great. I think I'll try some of that.

Thanks for all those recipes.

Coconut Bread

I have a batch of coconut bread in the oven. I'm doing a trial run before baking it up for Christmas. Coconut extract is a little difficult to find, but a lady I work with told me that almond extract works well in its place.

We'll see. If the bread is as good as the batter, it's going to be great!

Tampa Mom

The coconut bread recipe is one of my favorites -- let us know what you think of it!

It was really good. Not overly sweet like some sweet breads. It would be great with a hunk of warm bread in the bottom of a bowl with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. Yum!

Thanks for the recipe!
Tampa Mom