Montag, 16. August 2010

TWD: Oatmeal Breakfast Bread

I don't know how it happened - but I forgot to take pictures, so - sorry for the awful pics of the rest of the rest...
For this TWD-week, Natalie of Oven Love selected Oatmeal Breakfast Bread (you can find it on page 44 in Dorie's book or on Natlie's page).

I was really looking forward to making this, because it is chocolate-free and - I know, that's not the way how to make friends in a baking group ;o] - but in summer I do not need too much chocolate. And last week was already chocolate-packed.
I made some minor changes - a bit less sugar, some more fruits (about 1/4 cup more - still more would have been even better). Used dried figues and apricots (no good idea - usually I like it more to stick with one taste. And there is good reason for...). Then I recognized my "oats" (I wanted to use spelt, what I always have at home) were not useable anymore. So I had to substitute them for 1/2 cup shredded almonds and 1/2 cup flour, what worked out.

I had to bake the bread a bit longer (about 70 mins), and then the consistency was perfect, but the crust became too crusty - for not to say, briquette-like. I am exaggerating a bit. It was still ok. But far away from perfect. What is no problem, because most of my baking is always far away from perfect. But bread is something I master a bit better than the rest, because I bake bread for a comparatively long time, so it was a bit a disappointment.

Despite the bread was ok, I am not jumping and hooraying. It is fruit bread. A good one. But still fruit bread. I think of it as a good basic recipe. I can imagine it with creamcheese and jam. But when it comes to sweet (or at least not completely savory) breads, I like brioche based recipes more.

10 Kommentare:

  1. Nice save using the shredded almonds and extra flour!! Looks nice.

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  2. Thank you for baking with me! I agree about the fruit- I wish I would have added more, too!

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  3. I'll bet the almonds added a nice texture. :) Looks great!

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  4. ooh nice idea to serve with cream cheese.

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  5. If i make again I would love to add more fruit. Yum.

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  6. This bread is great because you can add so many things. I added apples !

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  7. I'll be adding more fruit next time too! Your bread looks great!

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  8. I love your bread additions and the way you substituted shredded almonds and flour for the missing oats. Great Job!

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  9. YUM. Cream cheese sounds delightful with this!

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