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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Jalapeno Cheddar Bread

This stuff is ridiculously good. It takes about 10 minutes to put together and most of that is chopping up the peppers.

Quick breads are about the easiest form of baking imaginable. Mix together the dry ingredients, pour in the wet ingredients, barely mix and pour into a pan. That's about as easy as it gets and your whole house smells like fresh bread. In this case, a cheesy, spicy bread.



Jalapeno Cheddar Bread
Recipe adapted from Pink Parsley, originally from Savory Baking

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp sugar
1 T baking powder
1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1 tsp salt
1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1 cup milk (I used skim)
1/3 cup canola oil
1 large egg
3 jalapeno peppers, seeded and diced
1/2 cup green bell pepper, diced
1/2 cup roasted red pepper, diced

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray an 8" x 4" loaf pan with baking spray.

In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, pepper, salt, and cheese. Toss together and make a well in the center. In a separate bowl, combine milk, oil, and egg and whisk together. Pour mixture into well in center of flour and stir mix together lightly with a wooden spoon. Add peppers and stir just until dry ingredients are all combined. The batter should be lumpy.

Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.


Bake bread for approximately 45 minutes until golden brown. Bread should spring back when touched. Cool in pan for about 10 minutes, run a knife around all sides and turn out of pan. Cool completely on a wire rack.

18 comments:

  1. This looks amazing, definately need to have a baking day :)

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  2. Looks amazing, but coconut oil would be healthier than canola

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  3. So, I quickly ran through your recipe prior to starting work, then ran through the ingredients. Then a little more slowly ran through the ingredients, while mentally trying to figure out if the health food store would have that ingredient. Then went item by item and couldn't find that other ingredient listed - the barley - where the heck and how much barley? So, went back and read that paragraph over (sadley, had to do it twice) before I finely realized you said "barely" mix - not "barley mix." Ahem...will attempt the recipe without the barley mix. Thanks!

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    1. Sounds like something I might do. lol

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    2. Love this post! It says anonymous, but I bet this is my sister. I know the world wide web is huge, but it has got to be her!

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  4. Looks yummy... Gotta try this recipe!

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  5. You can buy the peppers already chopped. Makes it so much easier. Open the jar, drain and you are done.

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  6. better with beer instead of milk

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  7. Just made this! Amazing!

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  8. So so good, lots of raves! Had to bake a little longer as center took longer to bake through. Yum.

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  9. Awesomely Amazing!!

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  10. Going to attempt to make this tonight. My husband and I love spicy food just not sure if it will be too spicy for our kids or not?

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  11. Do you have to add the red an green bell peppers

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    1. Up to you... I just think it adds some more color and texture.

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  12. Anyone else have to cook longer then suggested? I'm at about 55 minutes and the inside is still wet when a tooth pick is inserted. A anyone else have this problem?

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  13. Delicious!! Followed the recipe exactly as written... but, I made 3 mini loaves for a bake sale and baked them at 375 deg. for 30 min. Turned out perfectly!

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  14. Going to try this but since we don't have the hot peppers, I will be using chopped up green salad olives with pimentos... can't wait...

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