A-Z Bread Recipe

The A to Z Bread, the inspiration of Hazel Gentry of Walnut Creek was the grand prize winner in the Contra Costa Times Favorite Recipes Contest in 1976. It is a recipe for a basic quick bread with enough variations to delight bread enthusiasts for years to come!

This recipe is reprinted from the Contra Costa Times June 1, 1977.

• 3 cups flour
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. soda
• 3 tsp. cinnamon (optional)
• ½ tsp. baking powder
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup oil
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups A to Z
• 3 tsp. vanilla
• 1 cup chopped nuts

Sift dry ingredients; set aside. Beat eggs in a large bowl; add oil and sugar; cream well.

Add A to Z and vanilla. Add dry ingredients. Mix well. Add nuts. Spoon into 2 well-greased loaf pans. Bake in preheated oven at 325°F for 1 hour. Makes 2 large loaves.

A to Z: For this recipe, use one of the following, or a mixture of the following, to equal 2 cups - except as indicated:

• Apples - grated
• Applesauce
• Apricots - chopped
• Bananas - mashed
• Carrots - grated
• Cherries - pitted and chopped
• Coconut - fresh, ground
• Dates - pitted and finely chopped
• Eggplant - ground up
• Figs - finely chopped
• Grapes - seedless
• Honey - omit sugar above
• Lemons - use only 1/2 cup of juice
• Marmalade - omit 1 cup sugar
• Mincemeat
• Oranges - chopped
• Peaches - fresh or canned chopped
• Peppermint - use only ½ cup
• Pears - chopped
• Pineapple - canned, crushed, well-drained
• Prunes - chopped (use only 1 cup)
• Pumpkin - canned
• Raisins
• Raspberries
• Rhubarb, finely chopped
• Strawberries - fresh or well-drained frozen
• Sweet Potato - grated coarsely
• Tapioca - cooked
• Tomatoes - use only 1/2 cup sugar in above recipe
• Yams - cooked and mashed
• Yogurt - plain or flavored
• Zucchini - ground or grated, well drained

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