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Magazine Mondays: Bread!

Date: Nov. 2nd 2009
Category: Bread, Magazine Mondays
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Every year, in early October, we have a Thanksgiving potluck at work. I usually try to bring two dishes (surprisingly I tend not to bring dessert …). Because I organize the potluck, I try to wait until the very end to decide what to bring and I generally try to fill in any gaps in the menu.

This year, we were short on bread recipes so I decided I’d bring something that was appropriate for Thanksgiving … something that just oozed the fall and the harvest.

Enter the Bacon Cheddar Quick Bread with Dried Pears from the October 2008 issue of Bon Appétit.

The bread was so easy to make and was very good, however, I would recommend that you eat it warm from the oven and not the next day. I made it on Sunday for Monday’s potluck and while it was tasty, it would have been better warm with some butter.

As you know, Magazine Mondays is all about tackling that pile of clipped magazine recipes that you’ve got. Don’t look the other way. You know you have tonnes of recipes you haven’t tried yet. We all do! So get to it!

Here’s who joined me in liberating themselves from another magazine recipe:

Tamy of 3 Sides of Crazy joins us with a tempting Maple Chicken.

Tina of Life in the Slow Lane at Squirrel Head Manor made a Spicy Chicken with Mushrooms dish from the November 2008 issue of Family Circle.

Mondo of Mondo’s Morsels (love this blog!) made a gorgeous Blueberry Lemon Cornmeal Cake from the September 2006 issue of Fine Cooking.

Janie of Panini Girl made a pretty Butternut Squash Soup with Sage from the November 2001 issue of Bon Appétit.

Our most loyal Wandering Coyote of ReTorte made Chicken Sangria from the March 2009 issue of Gourmet.

Georgia of Oh Kitchen, What Won’t You Do? made a soul-satisfying Winter Lentil Soup from Real Simple magazine.

Have a great week, everyone!

Ciao!

9 Comments

Natashya

11/2/09 at 5:50 am

I remember seeing this in BA. Sounds wonderful!

VeggieGirl

11/2/09 at 7:05 am

Awesome potluck contribution!

dorie

11/2/09 at 7:11 am

I’m so glad you made this bread and liked it. It’s funny, I created it for Bon Appetit for last year’s 3-month series, The Baker, and so I made it several times before I turned in the article and then several times after, just for fun, and then I put it aside. Now that I see your beautiful version of it, I’m thinking maybe I, too, should think about it for Thanksgiving. Thanks for bringing it back.

Rosa

11/2/09 at 7:16 am

That flavor combo is wonderful! A great bread!

Cheers,

Rosa

Claudia Haas

11/2/09 at 9:22 am

I’m heading upstairs to my Bon Appetits and making this - it is just what I am looking for!

Allison

11/2/09 at 10:03 am

I made this bread last fall when that issue came out. It was perfect for the 49ers tailgate that I brought it to. I think I omitted the pears, however, because I couldn’t find any at the time. I’ll have to try this one again, this time with the pears.

Simone (junglefrog)

11/2/09 at 3:08 pm

Oooo, that looks like a seriously good bread! I just bookmarked the recipe as I decided I want to make more bread myself. and this is just all the right flavors!

Wandering Coyote

11/2/09 at 7:24 pm

Wow - your bread looks amazing, Ivonne!

Mondo

11/4/09 at 5:03 pm

thanks again, Ivonne, for letting me participate in Magazine Mondays. It was a blast! I can’t wait for what’s coming next.

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