it was a lot of fun, and surprisingly a lot less messy than i anticipated. we made pumpkin bread, since i happened to pick up a can of organic pureed pumpkin while grocery shopping solo on saturday. i love the leisurely kind of shop that a) costs too much and b) allows you to think ahead about things you'd like to make. cole used to eat pumpkin straight up but nowadays i figured that we'd better come up with a good disguise for it. and hey - it's the first day of fall, so pumpkin spice bread is perfectly festive!
he loved cracking eggs! i cracked them and then gave him the shells to re-crack (and then picked out the shells in the bowl). i dipped his finger in brown sugar and got a bonkers reaction from him when he tasted it - a muymmmmyyyy kind of sound and bug eyes. yeah, kiddo - sugar is tasty. he did lots of scooping and stirring and sploshing of things, and eventually settled on stirring his own bowl that contained a spoonful of flour and a dash of nutmeg. and he ate it by the scoopful - delicious?
he loves watching things in the oven, and it was so cute watching him watch the bread we'd made together. and eating it? forget about it - SO good.
i used a modified version of this recipe. we added some dried fruit, swapped some white flour for whole wheat and it called for a hell of a lot of sugar and oil, so i changed that a bit - it could probably go down a bit more without sacrificing the sweetness or moistness. oh, and it made a LOT - an enormous loaf and we still had left over batter for 8 muffins.pumpkin bread
mix together, in a very large bowl:
- 1 (15oz) can of pumpkin puree
- 4 eggs
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup thick plain yogurt (i use olympic 3.5% organic plain)
- 2/3 cup water
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup white sugar
separately, combine:
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
(the recipe called for cloves & ginger too, but i didn't have any)
mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients. stir only enough to moisten. add in: - 1/2 cup golden raisins
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
stir a little. pour into 2 bread loaf pans or a few dozen muffin cups... i baked one loaf for 65 minutes, a tray of muffins for 22 minutes...
7 comments:
oh man looks like you guys had a blast sorry I missed.
i am soooo going to make this, i would do it right now if i had four eggs!
yummy:) looks like fun!
He is such a cutie - it looks like you guys had lots of fun. Can't wait to bake with Zoe :)
it was a blast!
oh zoe will totally, totally love baking with you alicia - all your fantastic supplies and of course talent! i wish i could do the things you do with sweets!
totally t - who has four spare eggs randomly? i just happened to buy some yesterday but i usually stay clear of recipes that need more than two. and i'm always telling jamie never to use the last two without telling me, cause i inevitably try to bake something and turn out eggless. ;-)
Yummmmm. The look on his face says it all.
Arlo still demands "a taste" of brown sugar whether he is helping me bake or not. Just fyi. :)
Brave of you to bake with such a little guy :). Looks like fun and I love pumpkin bread. This may inspire me to let both my kiddos help me out with my next loaf. Also love the handkerchief bib, Lotta? :) Love even more that you added snaps. Why didn't I think of that? Much easier and more practical. I think I'll be making a slight modification to the one I've made.
Thanks for stopping by my blog. I enjoy yours as well.
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