mr. deltoid
Assistant Cook
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- Mar 27, 2010
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Hi everyone, I was wondering if I could lift some advice of of more experienced bakers. I recently tried to make some pumpkin bread, but it didn't work out. I think I know why, but lemme know what you think.
I live in a place where it is next to impossible to get pureed pumpkin in a can, so I went out and bought a pumpkin. It looked more like a squash, but my friend told me for sure it is a pumpkin. And when I gutted it, it did look every bit like a pumpkin. So then I put the pieces in a blender and pureed them, and went onto use a pretty standard recipe, with the usual flour, nutmeg, cinnamon, baking soda. But, I did not put white sugar in. I am trying to bake without white sugar, so instead I used a mild amount of honey.
When the batter was all done, I have to say, it didn't smell so good. When I make banana bread or cookies I can't stay out of the batter, but it was no problem with this one. I threw some brown sugar in thinking that maybe it was the lack of sugar. Anyway, I baked it, and it came out looking pretty much like you'd expect a bread to look. But it tasted horrible. The pumpkin part tasted horrible.
Perhaps I needed to do something more with the pumpkin? I don't know, it just had this "raw" taste about it.
Any advice???
thanks!
-deltoid
I live in a place where it is next to impossible to get pureed pumpkin in a can, so I went out and bought a pumpkin. It looked more like a squash, but my friend told me for sure it is a pumpkin. And when I gutted it, it did look every bit like a pumpkin. So then I put the pieces in a blender and pureed them, and went onto use a pretty standard recipe, with the usual flour, nutmeg, cinnamon, baking soda. But, I did not put white sugar in. I am trying to bake without white sugar, so instead I used a mild amount of honey.
When the batter was all done, I have to say, it didn't smell so good. When I make banana bread or cookies I can't stay out of the batter, but it was no problem with this one. I threw some brown sugar in thinking that maybe it was the lack of sugar. Anyway, I baked it, and it came out looking pretty much like you'd expect a bread to look. But it tasted horrible. The pumpkin part tasted horrible.
Perhaps I needed to do something more with the pumpkin? I don't know, it just had this "raw" taste about it.
Any advice???
thanks!
-deltoid