Cantaloupe Bread with Praline Glaze recipe

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Ingredients

3 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2 cups white sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 cups cantaloupe - peeled, seeded and pureed
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground ginger
½ cup butter
1 ⅔ cups brown sugar
½ cup chopped pecans

Nutrition Info

366.1 calories
carbohydrate: 48.2 g
cholesterol: 40.1 mg
fat: 18.4 g
fiber: 1 g
protein: 3.3 g
saturatedFat: 5.1 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 242.2 mg
sugar: 33.2 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease and flour two 9x5 inch loaf pans.

  2. In a large bowl, beat together eggs, vegetable, sugar, vanilla and cantaloupe. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and ginger. Stir flour mixture into cantaloupe mixture, stir to combine. Pour batter into prepared pans.

  3. Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour, until a toothpick inserted into center of a loaf comes out clean. Meanwhile, combine margarine and brown sugar. Microwave for 3 minutes, stirring at 1 minute intervals, mix in pecans. Pour sauce over warm bread. Let cool for 1 hour before serving.

Recipe Yield

2 - 9x5 inch loaves

Recipe Note

This excellent bread is very moist and has the texture of pumpkin or zucchini bread. Can puree and freeze extra cantaloupe to make bread in the off season.

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