Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Pull-Apart Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Bread

I found this recipe via Pinterest. We have a favourite bakery in Calgary, that sells the most amazing apple cinnamon bread. 
I went to buy some back in Early September and it was closed. I just kind of stood peering in hoping that maybe someone would pop out and sell me a loaf of bread. 
 Ever since then I have been on the lookout for a recipe. This is similar but with Pumpkin. It was fairly easy but with all yeast recipes slightly time consuming. I always feel trapped in the house when making any sort of bread things.  
I think next time I wont put as much nutmeg but all in all it was pretty tasty. Andrew really loved this and kept sneaking a few bits at a time. I don't know why he feels the need to sneak it. We are the only people eating it, I made it for him.
You cant see the nice orange colour of the dough because the lighting in my kitchen is brutal
some dance music for Jack and I, while we wait for the dough to rise
fresh out of the oven
with the glaze. The glaze called for rum but i didn't have any and I am not a huge fan of baking with liquor . I just used a bit of vanilla instead.

really need to stop taking photo's in my kitchen


Sunday, October 9, 2011

Weekend sewing





Weekend Sewing
I made these bags for one of my sisters birthday, earlier this year. I love the book weekend sewing by Heather Ross. 

Everything Bag 

Toiletry Bag

Such easy and pleasing patterns. 




Foreword facing Shelves


Andrew built these amazing foreword facing shelves for Jack's bedroom. I love that he can see all of his options and pick some books for bedtime. 
I found the tutorial on Pinterest. 

I love how Andrew snuck a Physics textbook into the picture. 

Homemade Bread

I am behind in all my baking and sewing posts, but I wanted to post this bread recipe. It worked out alright, I think I could have let the yeast sit a little longer. I found it in my Better Homes in Garden Cookbook. It was the first cook book I bought for myself and is probably one of my most used books. It has a lot of basic recipes. Great when you are just beginning to cook. 




I love homemade bread with butter straight out of the oven.
Do you have any bread recipes that you swear by? I am always looking for a good one.