Sweet Soy-vegan blog

daun and i purchased the new Bolthouse Farms thick mango juice smoothie. ideas of mango orange bread with chocolate chips came into our minds.
trader joe's trip on saturday, i bought a generic brand of the mango smoothie and used it in my dessert bread. it is soooo good. nuts too.
adapted the recipe from veganomicon (which daun always has layin around) their recipe for cranberry-orange nut bread.
Here is Mango-Chocolate Chip Bread.
3/4 c bolthouse mango drink/generic brand from trader joe's
1/4 c oil
3/4 c turbinado sugar
1 tsp vanilla (or try orange extraction)
2 c flour (white whole wheat)
1-1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 c semisweet vegan chocolate chips (ghiradelli or trader joe's brand)
1/4 c nuts is optional-i used hickory nuts from papaw and raw walnuts
325F. grease a loafer with veg marg
mix mango smoothie drink, oil, sugar and extract in large bowl. whip real nice.
add in flour, bp, bs, and salt. mix until just all moistened.
fold in chocolate chips and nuts. rubber scrape into loaf pan and bake 1 hour.
cool in pan and then loosen edges and invert onto wire rack.
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

on this windy autumn day, i baked a loaf of banana-apple butter bread.
it is smelling up the house......mmmm.
I made up this recipe last night, with a bit of help from Deceptively Delicious' banana bread, I used it as a base.
I can't wait to taste it, banana bread is my favorite quick bread....
The bread was good, not overly sweet, and it was very moist. But I am going to change the recipe a bit and test it again, then I shall post it. It is full of pecans!
I also recieved the new Nov+Dec issue of VegNews! Muffin section!
Well I shall go cut a little piece of bread and have a taste and finish watching Cary Grant in 'To Catch a Thief'. last i saw he was in swim trunks and oh so tan.

I just watched 'under the Tuscan sun' and my first loaf came out of the oven! It is a byoot. very rustic, the way i have always wanted a loaf of bread to turn out. browned on top, and when you strike it, it makes a hollow cooked-dough sound. i would like a slice with some e.b. please.
Here is the recipe for "Good Bread" from The cookbook for people who love animals.
Yields 2 loaves.
5 cups whole wheat flour, 1 cup cornmeal, 2 tbsp. active dry yeast, 2 tsp sea salt, 2 cups warm water, 5 tbsp. oil, 1/2 cup sorghum, sprinkle of cornmeal/bran
In large bowl, combine 2 cups of the flour, cornmeal, yeast and salt. Add the water, oil, and sorghum. Stir well for 3 mins. Add enough of the remaining flour to form a stiff dough (I added 2 more cups) Turn onto a floured surface and knead for 10 mins, until no longer sticky. Place in an oiled bowl; oil top of dough lightly, cover and let rise 1-1/2 hours in a warm place (always the laundry room)
Punch dough down (adree's favorite thing to do). Knead for 3 to 4 mins. Divide into 2 equal parts. Sprinkle bottom and sides of two loaf pans with cornmeal/bran to prevent sticking. Cover and allow to rise for 40 mins. Preheat oven to 350F. Bake the loaves 45-50 mins.