My wife was out tonight so dinner was up to me. Now what do kids like better than breakfast for dinner?
So I baked up a nice pumpkin yeast bread from scratch that I have been making lately. Have I ever told you that I am a bread guy? I make most of our bread from scratch. My favorite are these sourdough sandwich rolls (I have kept my sourdough starter alive for 2 years) which I use for everything. Eggs sammiches. Fried Chicken sammiches. You name it. Yum. Anyway, my pumpkin yeast bread, I frequently use it as sandwich bread as it goes great with Turkey, cranberry, and mayo. But it also makes awesome french toast.
I sliced the bread about 3/4″ thick and soaked in the egg mixture, browned them up, and onto a baking sheet to go into the oven for a few minutes.
In the meantime, I caramelized some apples with butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg.
Plated with some powdered sugar and maple syrup.
Also served with bacon. (not pictured)
Daddy rocks!
Recipe Update:
My Pumpkin Yeast Bread is a modified version of the bread recipe found at King Arthur Flour.
In my recipe, I uses a little more pumpkin, and a little more brown sugar. I reserve a little of the flour to incorporate into the dough as I am kneading. I usually start kneading in the stand mixer but always finish by hand so I can make sure it is right. You can also replace the spices with pumpkin pie spice depending on what you have in your spice rack. I have also made a sourdough version of the same, also yummy.
November 11, 2011 at 1:00 am
looks very yummy- we've been enjoying the recipes from 'Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day'
November 11, 2011 at 1:39 am
This look wonderful! Post a video next time! 😉
November 11, 2011 at 3:09 am
A video would be fun, what my wife and I really would like to see posted is the recipe for the pumpkin yeast bread! May be if we asked nicely. Would you be willing to post the recipe for the bread, please? (My children would yell at me if I forgot the please!)
November 11, 2011 at 3:12 am
Wow. You are officially invited to cook dinner at our house any time! It doesn't just sound delicious, it's beautiful! I can do delicious, but beautiful usually escapes me.
November 11, 2011 at 4:11 am
The first part reminded me of when my mother used to work late sometimes and it was up to dad to feed us. The choices were cereal with milk or a steak and egg sandwich. Plus, if it was Monday, we got to watch football!
The bread looks delicious!
November 11, 2011 at 4:45 am
Holy people can cook!!!
November 11, 2011 at 4:58 am
Du-uude. You're making me hungry. I'll be right over.
November 11, 2011 at 10:38 am
Wow, is this a first for CMR? The first food post? Love it.
November 11, 2011 at 5:35 pm
We need the pumpkin bread recipe!
November 11, 2011 at 6:39 pm
Recipe added above.