Pumpkin Time

Now that fall has started, with the exception of the 70 degree weather the last week, eating pumpkin stuff just seems appropriate. I've found a handful of great recipes with pumpkin in them, so in the spirit of fall (and Halloween) I've decided to try to do a pumpkin recipe once a week for the next month or so.

Found what appeared to be a great pumpkin recipe on King Arthur Flour's blog a couple days ago - Pumpkin Bread. I had just picked up some cinnamon chips at the grocery store yesterday thinking they would have to come in handy soon. Since the recipe was for 2 loaves and I didn't feel like doing any math, I decided to just make them both, 1 of them with chocolate chips like the recipe mentioned and the other with the cinnamon chips.  Here's what they looked like.

Trying to split the recipe evenly into two separate bowls before adding the chips proved to be a little difficult if you can't tell by the significantly smaller loaf on the right. Both were delicious. Haven't had enough of either to decide a favorite yet.

It wasn't worthy of a separate post, but here is a picture of the pizza from last night. The crust turned out a little too bubbly, which I hadn't thought was possible. Just needs a little more punching down next time. The lopsided tomato arrangement was the product of not enough flour on the peel. Probably didn't help that I had it upside down either.