Tuesday, October 2, 2012

TWD - Cranberry Pumpkin Walnut Loaf

How do you bake bread in a hotel room with only a microwave and mini fridge? I can poach salmon in my coffee maker. Or make a nice grilled cheese with my iron. And it seems if I had thought to bring my rice cooker I could have made some outstanding meals!

I did try, I purchased a toaster/convection oven thinking that I could do a lot of things with it and I could have if I hadn't chickened out and thought that I would get in trouble with the hotel. And I think I would have. It's not safe to bake in your hotel room, do you hear me, not safe at all even if it's for the goodness of the blog. So next best thing...call my sister and ask if she would bake it for me and send me pictures and tell me her thoughts.

"Sister would you please take many hours out of your already busy life and make some bread for me so I can tell the world about it? Please, I know you will love the recipe! And you are a master bread maker and please?"

Thanks sister :)

Well her verdict, the recipe took two days! And it didn't taste that good! And she didn't mind because she's a good sister.

Thanks sister :)

Yes, it was a long recipe and with all the great sounding ingredients, it just wasn't a home run for her or her husband. She couldn't taste the pumpkin, only the cranberries and raisins. She said it smelled great while baking, but just didn't cut the mustard even when it was generously slathered with butter. (Don't know why she used mustard in the recipe.)

Well shucks. My sister is a master break maker so I know it wasn't her. I was sure this recipe would be a winner, now I feel sorta bad for asking her to work on it. Well only sorta, she is my big sister and I'm sure there is something that she did to me when I was young that this is pay back for ;)

Thanks sister :)

It's cute though.

Now you readers scamper on over to This Bountiful Backyard and Heather's Bytes to find out the true meaning of Christmas - wait I mean the recipe to this bread.

10 comments:

  1. So nice to have such an agreeable sister to help out. Are you ever going to get a chance to taste it?

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    1. Ya she's a good one, she's freezing some of the bread for me to taste.

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  2. Too bad she didn't like it and that you didn't have a chance to make this one yourself. I actually rather enjoyed it.

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    1. Maybe it'll be just a difference of opinions...I'll be able to try it in a couple of weeks.

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  3. I have 5 brothers--how lucky you are to have a sister!

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    1. yikes, 5! I'll loan you my sister sometime.

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  4. Cute post! This is more than collaborative baking - one person is baking, the other one is writing about it - I like it :)

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    1. maybe I can get her to do all the baking...

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  5. What a great sister you have! I agree with your sister that this bread was not the greatest. The pumpkin did add a beautiful color to the bread, but that's about it. I did enjoy it toasted with butter.

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  6. Thank you "Snow Sister" for being such a lovely person!
    What a pity you didn't like it that much... Maybe the next recipe (will there be a next recipe?)
    All the best.

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