It's the perfect day to share a beautiful post with you all...
Today I'm sharing all about one of my favorite family traditions that we have enjoyed for the past several years. I hope you enjoy and are inspired in some autumn goodness!
The tradition of bread baking began probably eight years ago or so. Before that, however, my mom would always make mini loaves during this time of year. Eight years ago is when I got involved and now take the reins with this tradition. And it's so much fun!
Every year since we started this tradition, we set aside one or two days, or more if needed, to make a bunch of loaves of bread. We choose to make mini loaves for several reasons, as opposed to regular sized loaves. The reasons for this are simple: we love sharing with friends and baking smaller loaves allows us to do that; we also prefer smaller loaves because they keep fresh longer; they freeze lovely; and we love pulling out a loaf here and there, throughout the year, and a mini loaf is the perfect size for our family. We pull it out, enjoy it for a day or two, and then it's gone.
Over the years, our variety of bread has grown and changed. It started out with just banana nut bread. Then, I got a hold of some new and fun recipes and the tradition changed forever!
Here are some of the breads that we have made over the past several years...
~Banana Nut Bread
~Pumpkin Bread
~Pumpkin Apple Cider Bread
~Sweet Potato Cranberry Bread
~Vanilla and Chocolate Swirl
~Orange Cranberry Walnut Bread
~Apple Fritter Bread
~Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread (recipe shared yesterday)
Each year, we will choose about three or four to bake. This year our breads were: apple fritter (not pictured), pumpkin, banana nut, and orange cranberry walnut. I will hopefully be sharing recipes for each of these breads next month, so do keep your eyes open for that.
I hope you enjoyed this post and a little peek inside our yearly tradition of bread baking. We also always make Halloween Barmbrack (recipe shared last week), which we will be making today.
Happy bread baking!