What type of sweet breakfast bread can I send to my husband job, just to be nice?

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icybicycle

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Tropical Apple Date Bread

3 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 cup flaked coconut, toasted*
1 1/2 cups milk
1 egg, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
8 ounces chopped dates
1 cup finely chopped apples

Preparation:

*Toast coconut:
Spread coconut in shallow pan. Bake at 350° for about 15 minutes, stirring frequently, until lightly browned.

Mix and sift flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
Stir in the toasted coconut coconut.
Whisk together the milk, egg, and vanilla; add to dry ingredients.
Stir well.
Fold chopped dates and apples into mixture.

Spread into greased and floured 9x5x3-inch loaf pan.
Bake at 350° for about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
 
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libbyami

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I would do Cinnamon Swirl bread, No nuts and no raisins, some people hate those things or can't have them because of allergies
Cinnamon Swirl Bread -- adapted from The Best Recipe

Dough:
1/2 C milk
4 T (half stick) unsalted butter
2 teaspoons active dry yeast
1/2 C warm (110°F) water
1/3 C sugar
2 eggs
2 C whole wheat flour
2 - 2 1/2 C unbleached flour

Filling:
1/2 C sugar
1/4 C cinnamon
4 T butter

1. Heat milk and butter. I just pop this into the microwave for about a minute. If you're a true cooking snob, you don't have a microwave -- use a saucepan. Let it cool to 110°F (warm to the touch).
2. Dissolve yeast in warm water.
3. In a large mixing bowl with a dough hook, mix the yeast mixture, milk mixture, sugar, eggs, whole wheat flour, and 1 C of the unbleached flour. Mix for about 2 minutes at low speed, occasionally scraping the sides with a spatula.
4. The dough mixture will be very sticky. Add another cup of flour gradually, until a smooth ball forms. You'll mix this on medium-low for about 10 minutes total.
5. Transfer dough to a large, lightly oiled bowl. Cover the top with plastic wrap and let rise until doubled in size, about 2 1/2 hours at 75°F.
6. After the rise, punch down the center of the dough once. If no one's around, you can optionally let out an expletive.
7. Transfer the dough to a large floured surface and let it rest for about 10 minutes.
8. Grease the sides of a standard loaf pan (9" x 5" x 3").
9. Press the dough into an evenly shaped 6" x 8" rectangle. Roll it out to 12" x 16".
10. Mix the sugar and cinnamon.
11. Melt the remaining butter in a separate bowl.
12. Brush half the dough with the melted butter. Spread on half of the sugar and cinnamon mixture. Fold the dough so you have a 8" x 12" rectangle.
13. Cover the dough with the remaining sugar and cinnamon mixture. Start rolling the dough from the short side. Pinch the ends into a seam. Place this in the bread loaf fan, seam side facing down. Pinch the end seams, too.
14. Loosely cover the pan with plastic wrap and let rise 1 1/2 hours.
15. Preheat oven to 350°F.
16. Bake until the bread is a golden brown, about 35 minutes. Remove and let cool on a wire rack for about 45 minutes.
17. The bread will keep at room temperature for three days, or can be double-wrapped and frozen for three months.
 
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