Today I was cooking up pounds and pounds of butternut squash thanks to a friend who had extra and decided to share! 🙂 It was great, and although it took all morning, I now have a good bit (like 6 lbs!!) of pureed squash ready to freeze for a later date.
I decided to do something fun with my squash as well, so I converted my mother-in-law’s banana bread recipe into a squash bread recipe. It seemed to work well.
I tasted the batter, and it was sweet enough but not too sweet. I cooked it for the right amount of time and tested it with a toothpick-like instrument, taking it out of the oven to cool in the pan.
It looks great, right? 🙂
Then, I decided after about ten minutes to pull it from the pan. It collapsed. Although I had tested it to make sure it was cooked all the way through, it still managed to be raw in the center. Rats.
This is how it looks now. 😦
Look at this raw slice! 😦
Well, I decided then and there that I would focus on one thing:
It’s good to fail every once in a while. It keeps us humble, and it keeps us on our toes. It helps us grow, it keeps us from getting too comfortable, and it reminds of our fallibility.
So, what do we do when we fail? Do we quit? Nope.
We try again. [It’s times like these that I wish ingredients were free….]
Hopefully, take #2 will go better than take #1. (On a positive note, I think I might try adding some cinnamon and chocolate chips. It needs a little flair.)
So… take #2…
I re-mixed the batter and added about a cups’ worth of semi-sweet chocolate chips and about 2 tsp. of cinnamon
(No, I didn’t measure them). I baked it for a good 10-12 minutes longer this time and let it sit (in the pan) for about twenty minutes, a little scared to take it out in fear of it dumping like the last try.
I did it though… I pulled it out of the pan and let it cool. 🙂 It sliced well, stayed moist despite the long cooking time, and it tastes delicious!!
At dinner, I told Adam we had some “sweet bread”, curious if he would like it. I didn’t want to tell him it was butternut squash bread–that doesn’t even sound appealing.
He ate a peice and told me it was fantastic! 🙂 That’s when I told him it was butternut squash bread, and he was pleasantly surprised.
Whoohoo!! Success!
Here’s the recipe! 🙂 Enjoy!!
Butternut Squash Sweet Bread
From the kitchen of: Bonnie Bowman
1 c. mashed butternut squash (if you want, you can replace this with 3/4 c. mashed banana, which is equal to about 2 bananas)
Making My Boast 
When Adam told me he liked it, I said it was a neat way to get him to eat squash! Now try it instead of pumpkin in a pie.
Ooh….good idea! 🙂
i just printed off the recipe,ill give it a try,bonnies rite..you can sub any winter squash for pumkin and sometimes its even better!
That actually looks quite fantastic! (the second one)