Pumpkin- nut loaf

I got up early today. With Ram still in bed and nothing interesting on tv, I was looking at a really long lazy Saturday ahead of me. I had bought a wedge of pumpkin from the supermarket for making a soup, but then the bread seemed like a perfect baking project for the day.
Making this loaf involves two very basic steps- Making the pumpkin puree mixture and folding it into the flour mixture. (maida+atta+salt+sugar+cinnamon)

You can add dry fruits, nuts, muesli just about anything crunchy to the batter before tossing it into the oven for about 45 minutes at 170 deg c.

Notes: I added a bit of vanilla essence, you can add maple syrup to the pumpkin puree.
For an extra kick you can add more spices like nutmeg/ cloves to the flour mix.

Oatmeal fruit n' nut whole wheat bread

Time to get a bit more ambitious with the baking. Bread. Somehow it always seemed so complicated. Watching tv shows, where they have these huge professional looking ovens, pastry chefs stressing how hard it is to make a perfect loaf, seemed like a faraway dream.
My mom found this simple healthy recipe. It was egg-less and used whole wheat flour. I also had an entire tin of oats that I never used. Perfect.
http://litebite.in/eggless-banana-oatmeal-wholewheat-bread/

I made a slight modification to the original recipe. I didn't use as much banana. Just half a small banana chopped finely. Instead of the chocolate chips, I used dairy milk fruit and nut. The raisins and the walnuts in it give a nice crunch. The light hint of cinnamon was wonderful and our home smelt like heaven tonight!