This weeks recipe for the Sweet Melissa Bakers was Sweet Potato Bread (with a to die for Cinnamon Rum Orange Glaze) chosen by Lorelai over at Mermaid Sweets - please check our her blog too as she will be posting the recipe there and you won't want to miss it. This was a great recipe...that I almost didn't make because I wasn't in a bread state of mind. In fact, I had decided to turn it into a pancake recipe but I had so much left over afterwards I still ended up making 3 mini loaves with it in the end...one of which my sister ate, another that she took home to my mom and one that is sitting in my refrigerator taunting me to eat it as I type.
But I digress. The only thing that I found a little offputting about the recipe was actually making the glaze...I had a hard time for some reason gauging if it was sufficiently reduced and I had been expecting a slightly thicker almost syrupy consistency that it never achieved (most likely because it wasn't meant to). I did end up using walnuts instead of pecans in the recipe as I had a lot of them in the house and now that I think about it, tossing some chocolate chips in there would have been really yummy too. Next time for sure.
For the pancakes, I took a quarter of the dough, added milk to it until it reached a smoother thinner consistency and they turned out very well for breakfast with the orange glaze spread on top and just a hint of maple syrup drizzled over it. I found it a tiny bit hard to tell when they were done because of the color of the dough so I had to guess (and burn) one in the process but after that, it got a little easier and tastier.
Please check out the other Sweet Melissa Sunday Bakers blogs for their experiences with this weeks recipe!
I love the experiment! I bet they were delicious!
ReplyDeleteThis flavore combination sounds really yummy. The pancake pancake version really has me drooling!
ReplyDeletePancakes. OHHH sounds delicious!
ReplyDeleteYum pancakes and chocolate chips sound great! YOur bread and your pancakes look really good!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the nice comment concerning my daughter. SHe is doing really well and totally on board with eating better and going to the gym!
What a great idea to make this into pancakes! I'm glad both versions turned out well.
ReplyDeleteLove the pancake idea. I once made pumpkin waffles- from the Frog Commissary cookbook- a LOOOONG time ago; this would be similar.
ReplyDeletePancakes are a great idea! Loves yummy.
ReplyDeletePancakes - fun idea!! I didn't love the glaze on the bread either and honestly, I thought the bread was plenty moist and delicious without it :) Good call on the chocolate chips - that didn't even cross my mind but if I make it again I'll use them for sure.
ReplyDeleteYour bread and pancakes look great! I never would have dreamed to turn this into pancakes. A trick to file away for the future :-)
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome that you used the batter to make pancakes! What a great idea!
ReplyDeleteMini loaves sound like so much fun and the perfect sharing size! The pancake idea is a great one too.
ReplyDeleteLove the pancake idea! They look great, I am sure they were delish.
ReplyDeleteOh, this would make wonderful pancakes. Good for you for doing some experimenting!! your bread looks great, too!
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