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Quick Prune Bread – looking for something different? Dried plums and walnuts add the special extra touch.

May 12, 2009

Rich brown sugar, and orange juice add a lovely touch to this bread.

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Quick Prune Bread

Yield: 9 servings.

3/4 C. flour
1 C. packed brown sugar
1 C. diced prunes
3/4 C. chopped walnuts
4 tsp. baking powder
1 Tbsp. grated orange peel
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2  C. orange juice
1/4 C. oil
2 eggs, beaten

In large bowl thoroughly combine flour, sugar, prunes, walnuts, baking powder, orange peel, salt, and baking soda.  Stir in orange juice, oil and, eggs just until mixed.  Turn into greased 9x5x3-inch loaf pan.  Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 45 minutes or until pick inserted in center comes out clean.  Cool in pan 5 minutes, then invert on rack and cool completely, or serve warm with  butter or marmalade.

  • Lenore Tesch

    There is something wrong with this recipe. I followed it exactly and yet it fell in the middle and burned on the edges. I’m guessing the amount of flour was incorrectly given in the recipe. Or perhaps it should mention glass or metal loaf pan.

    I have tried this recipe a couple of times with good results, here are some outside links for why cakes fall.
    Why cakes fall from Chowhoud Answer number 3 is especially helpful.
    What causes cakes to fall.
    I do apologize that the recipe did not turn out for you, again, I have made it with good results, so I can’t explain what happened there, do you live at high altitude?

  • MCNsMail

    I just threw away four loaves of this bread. The first batches bubbled and ran all over the oven. The second batch sunk in the middle and burned on the sides. I, too, think that the flour amount is wrong. I used another recipe for my third batch and they are perfect. So – it is the recipe. I do not live in a high altitude and made prune bread successfully for years. I tried both aluminum and glass pans. I was making these for a bake sale tomorrow and now have to figure out what else to do. Scrap this recipe.

  • Thea

    Delicious but mine fell in middle too. Too much baking powder?