Sunday, February 13, 2011

Quick Whole Wheat and Molasses Bread

Quick Whole Wheat and Molasses Bread
 I've had this cookbook - How to Cook Everything Vegetarian by Mark Bittman for over a year and barely used it.  It's ginormous and heavy, like a big, fat encyclopedia with no photos.  It sits on the bookshelf in my kitchen and every now and then, I glance guiltily over at it's pretty, green spine and think I must use such an excellent resource but I'm not often inspired to pick it up.  I can't imagine writing something like that, it must have taken forever.

Anyways, on the inside of the back cover there is a list called 20 Essential Vegetarian Dishes and I thought that would be a good place to start in terms of trying recipes.  One of the items on the list is Quick Whole Wheat and Molasses Bread.   Doesn't that sound yummy?  I thought so too!  I made it a few weeks ago and while it was quick and easy to prepare, we found the molasses flavour to be extremely overpowering.  After my daughter and I tasted a few bites of the warm bread my husband was left to eat the entire loaf over the course of the week. It does have an appealing and hearty appearance and I might make it again but next time cutting the molasses in half using 1/4 cup instead of 1/2 cup.  I also subbed soymilk with a tablespoon of vinegar for the buttermilk.  I think this quickbread has a good texture and the potential to be great with a little tweaking.
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My buddy Kathryn has made some tasty looking Almond Cookies over at The Hedgehog in the Kitchen.  I think she is trying to tempt me off my no-sugar challenge!

5 comments:

  1. Yum. It looks good to me. If you tweak it to the point where you & your daughter enjoy it, please post the recipe.

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  2. Yum again! Your blog always makes me hungry. :)

    I have chosen you for the Stylish Blog Award. Happy Valentine's Day!

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  3. Thanks ladies! Wow, the Stylish Blog Award! Cool, thanks Christine.

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  4. Lee, your recipes and photos look so great, I'm almost tempted to be a vegetarian. :)

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