Southwestern Recipes
Papaya Bread
Large, ripe papayas are plentiful in the Southwest.
Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup mashed ripe papaya
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
Instructions
- Cream together sugar and butter until light.
- Add eggs and beat until fluffy.
- Add papaya, nuts and raisins and mix.
- Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, allspice and ginger. Add to butter mixture.
- Pour batter into a greased wax paper-lined 9 x 5 inch loaf pan.
- Bake at 325 degrees F for about 65 minutes. Or fill greased muffin pans three-quarters full and bake for 25 minutes.