Tuesday, October 2, 2012

TWD: Cranberry Walnut Pumpkin Loaves

My husband was a full-fledged Broad Brook Baker for this recipe.  He procured the mini loaf pans at the King Arthur on-line store and saw to it that the loaves went in and out of the oven before our son's travel soccer game. Tuesdays with Dorie has become a wonderful family affair.  His assistance on this go around made a lot of sense because this combination of flavors is one of his favorites.



Sarah did the stirring.  Loves this job.



Cranberries are beautiful fruit.  The ones I bought were incredibly tangy and tart; this is the way Jason loves them!



The description that the bread would be somewhat like a brioche was very accurate.  The texture was wonderful and you could easily pick up the hint of pumpkin.



This bread is jammed packed with fruit and nuts.



It took almost 3 hours to get to the proper temperature for the second rise.



I ended up dividing the bread into four and they still rose great.



I love the mini loaves; they are just so darn cute.



I had some out of the oven but I very much preferred toasted the next day.  I froze a couple of the loaves and will enjoy all throughout October. I loved this combination of flavors but I want to try and make this same bread to make a pumpkin cinnamon swirl version.  I've almost made up my mind that this will be my end of October rewind recipe.

Until bagels....Broad Brook Bakers signing off.

3 comments:

  1. Glad you had some help in the kitchen. This was a yummy recipe. I'm scared to make bagels--dough in a big pan of boiling water??? Scary.

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  2. They look great! I think the cinnamon swirl would be yummy. I did something like it this time around and it worked out nicely. I have ti make this again with fresh cranberries since I could not find any yet.

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  3. oh my... you did it just like the recipe said.. they look really good!! I like the idea of mini-loaves.. if i had the pans.. i would have gone for them!!

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