Every now and then, I get in a baking mood. (I call it my "Sadie Sadie, the married lady" role.)
A few months ago, I made loaves and loaves of both pumpkin and zucchini bread. Fall always does that to me -- puts me in the baking mood (especially when it comes to quick breads).
At the time (oh so many months ago), I had recently had the pumpkin bread that they serve at Starbucks, which has pepitas (pumpkin seeds) on the top of it...so last time I tried something similar with mine.
After I made it, I remembered that the slices you get from Starbucks actually have the pepitas all chopped up on the top of the pumpkin bread, so a few weeks later when I found myself making more pumpkin bread loaves, I tried that instead. But I was a bit disappointed to find that while they baked, a lot of the pepitas got sucked further and further into the loaf. I still ended up with quite a few on top, but they were also concentrated down the middle of the loaf too. (Bummer.) Regardless...they were good enough for my amateur purposes!
Lots of times, I bake it just to share it with others, and that's what happened. I ended up with about 8 loaves total from the batch I made in the fall, and it wasn't hard to find homes for them. My supply didn't last long though...and I soon found myself making another 8 loaves (about half size instead of full) around mid-February.
I'm always experimenting with my wrapping techniques for them. Typically, if I'm giving them away the same day just shortly after I've taken them out of the oven, I wrap them in foil like the ones shown here. Other times, I wrap them in plastic wrap + baggie and freeze them so they stay fresher longer.
These days, I'm gearing up for some new quick bread recipes I plan to try!
I usually get my recipes from Allrecipes.com, but lately I've been trying to find stuff on Pinterest (I love the pictures!). The ones I plan to make are:
I'm not going to do them all at once of course. I'll let you know how they turn out!
At the time (oh so many months ago), I had recently had the pumpkin bread that they serve at Starbucks, which has pepitas (pumpkin seeds) on the top of it...so last time I tried something similar with mine.
After I made it, I remembered that the slices you get from Starbucks actually have the pepitas all chopped up on the top of the pumpkin bread, so a few weeks later when I found myself making more pumpkin bread loaves, I tried that instead. But I was a bit disappointed to find that while they baked, a lot of the pepitas got sucked further and further into the loaf. I still ended up with quite a few on top, but they were also concentrated down the middle of the loaf too. (Bummer.) Regardless...they were good enough for my amateur purposes!
I'm always experimenting with my wrapping techniques for them. Typically, if I'm giving them away the same day just shortly after I've taken them out of the oven, I wrap them in foil like the ones shown here. Other times, I wrap them in plastic wrap + baggie and freeze them so they stay fresher longer.
These days, I'm gearing up for some new quick bread recipes I plan to try!
I usually get my recipes from Allrecipes.com, but lately I've been trying to find stuff on Pinterest (I love the pictures!). The ones I plan to make are:
- Banana Nutella bread (I'm not such a huge fan of banana based foods...but I thought if it has Nutella, it might be ok.)
- Nutella toffee banana bread
- Caramel glazed apple bread
- Pumpkin zucchini bread
- Blueberry zucchini bread
I'm not going to do them all at once of course. I'll let you know how they turn out!
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