Homemade Whole Wheat Bread

This was my first attempt at whole wheat bread with the bread machine. I can't eat it (gluten sensitivity), but my husband said it was really good.

This one will make some good sandwiches and french toast sticks.

Homemade Cinnamon Swirl Bread

I made this cinnamon swirl bread Friday night. Actually, since I failed to read the directions in advance it's not a swirl, rather just cinnamon bread. Details.

The fam loves the way it tastes. I love that it doesn't have any preservatives. I doubt it will make it to the 24 hour mark, but if it does, I'll make some french toast sticks with the leftovers.

Organic Banana Bread

We had a bunch of organic bananas in our Urban Acres share. We ate some, but the rest were starting to get overripe, so banana bread was the solution.

I again broke out The Joy of Cooking and found this recipe:

I didn't know what the word "Cockaigne" meant, so I looked it up. 'Cause I'm a dork like that.

From the World English Dictionary: medieval legend an imaginary land of luxury and idleness. Also, from Old French cocaigne, from Middle Low German kōkenje: small cake (of which the houses in the imaginary land are built); related to Spanish cucaña, Italian cuccagna.

Alrighty then.

I substituted 1 cup of whole wheat flour and 1/2 cup of oat flour for the all-purpose flour. I also used 1 and 3/4 cups of mashed bananas (because that's what we had). Instead of using white sugar, I used Florida Crystals organic cane sugar.

The bread is great for snacking or for breakfast.