I tried to make some weird paleo blueberry bread recipe yesterday, but the texture was gritty, it didn't want to bake all the way through, and the blueberries gave off a lot of liquid that basically ruined the bottom of it. Nice idea in theory, but just didn't work out.
Today I was determined to not be discouraged by my blueberry disaster, and I set off to make another pumpkin-flavored thing. Because you can't go wrong with pumpkin-flavored things.
It took me forever to find a recipe to use, since I had certain ingredients but not others. I took a simple recipe for pumpkin bread and added vanilla, pecans, and a bit more pumpkin pie spice than called for. I also subbed out the oil for butter, since I don't keep vegetable oil, but I had a stick of butter left over. Unsalted, of course.
The result was pretty good. I also cut back on the sugar so it would be more of a bread and less of a cake, so it's not sweet-sweet, but sweet enough. And it was my first time taking a non-gf recipe and subbing in flour + xanthan gum. I've made mixes of course that use xanthan, but I'd never just done it on my own. It's amazing how springy and spongy the bread gets when you add the xantham gum. It's almost weird, like I made something gluteny. I'm used to things crumbling and falling apart.
After my goulash episode yesterday I was left with a spatula that smelled like beef and onions, so I bought a new one today. I like having new kitchen things. I find myself wanting MORE and MORE new kitchen things. A stand mixer, a waffle iron (or something with plates you can swap out), some more mixing bowls ... all sorts of stuff. The stuff you usually get because you're getting married or some BS.
I moved across the ocean three times. That's why I don't have this stuff. But I need this stuff.
But I also need a new phone and a new computer, so kitchen appliances will have to wait.
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