You know, I never was into Spongebob (I was a bit too old when it came out, I think), but that song is a bop.
It’s another bread post, y’all! I made Pineapple Nut Loaf. I meant to bake this weeks ago, but, well, I had some issues. And those issues being I was super busy at work, I was dealing with some stuff, and then I got the flu. The last one was weird, I didn’t even have a fever or body aches and like the barest headache ever. Buuut it was enough to keep home home from work so I wouldn’t infect other people. But last night I finally baked this quick bread.
Mmmm store brand pineapple.
Brown sugar.
Now…. CREAM.
I was putting away the egg carton when a wild animal appeared! Eisley was looking for the butter, I think. I had to shoo her out of there before she knocked the eggs over!
Eggggggs. Then I had to alternately add flour and pineapple.
This recipe had 2 tsp of baking powder and 1/4 baking soda. I’m not up on my ratios, but that seemed a little strange but it didn’t hurt the bread at all.
I have no idea why I took this video but here it is.
I really like pineapple.
That’s some smooth looking batter.
And the surprise pièce de résistance, AN ENTIRE CUP OF PECANS.
There were so many nuts, people! It was nuts! Haha.
Ready to GO.
It’s starting to rise.
What, that’s not bread! While it was baking I made myself some soondubu jjigae, or Korean tofu soup.
The crown of the bread really kicked up!
While the bread cooled, I actually had an Zoom meeting, a graduate school open house. That’s right, your solo geographer is going to get MORE educated in geography! That should be an adventure. . . Anyway, after it was over I ran to my folks’ house so we could all try the bread together.
So many nuts! My parents both loved it! The pineapple was very understated, which was surprising. Pineapple has such a strong, almost acidic flavor (yay bromelain!) but this was super mellow. I’d say it’s more of a nut loaf than a pineapple loaf. It was really good! But I think my parents liked it more than me, and I think it’s because I’m not a huge nut person. I mean, I eat them regularly, but if given a choice between pineapple or nuts, I’ll choose pineapple every time. If I made this loaf for me in the future, I’d actually halve the nuts. I’d keep it just the way it is if I make it again for my parents.
Mmm nice.
Also, my friends, I found a cookbook by the same company that is ALL PIES. It actually has one of my favorite crust recipes. So in addition to blogging about bread, I’m absolutely going to blog about pies. Because pies are delicious and more content is always a plus.
Thanks for reading and hopefully I won’t make you wait as long for another post!
The Solo Geographer 