The Cottage Mama

Category: Bread

  • Monkey Bread Recipe

    Monkey Bread Recipe

    Monkey Bread Recipe. This is the BEST thing EVER!! The Cottage Mama. www.thecottagemama.com

    Have you ever had Monkey Bread? If not, it is truly a wonderfully sugary sweet breakfast treat made with store-bought biscuits (although, you could certainly make those from scratch as well). You’ve got to try my Monkey Bread Recipe!

    Monkey Bread is probably not an everyday sort of breakfast item, but it’s perfect for a special occasion. We like to make this on the morning of Thanksgiving……..it’s something a little bit special, but really easy to get prepared the night before. You pour over the butter and brown sugar mixture in the morning before you bake it and have it for breakfast. It makes a lot so there are sure to be leftovers, then as the day progresses and you get a little bit hungry, you can just take a of a piece to tide you over until dinner. But really this Monkey Bread Recipe is great anytime of year!

    If you’ve never tried it, give it a whirl…….I bet you’ll be hooked!

    I like mine with extra cinnamon. Yum!

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  • Spiced Zucchini Banana Bread Recipe

    Spiced Zucchini Banana Bread Recipe

    The BEST Spiced Zucchini Banana Bread Recipe from The Cottage Mama. www.thecottagemama.com

    We have had quite a bit of produce in our house this summer with the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) were doing with a local farm. That means each week we go to the farm to pick up a box of organic, in-season produce to use throughout the week. We had quite a few leafy greens in the beginning, but now we’ve moved onto onions, beets, zucchini, cucumbers, eggplant, etc. So today I had some zucchini to use up and two bananas that were on their way out. So I created this Spiced Zucchini Banana Bread recipe that I think you’ll really enjoy. Even the kids gobbled this up……..well, all except one who saw little specks of green and ran to the hills. But 2 out of 3’s not bad.

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  • Brett’s Irish Soda Bread

    You know I love hearing from you guys – it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.  Well, a bunch of you either commented or emailed regarding the Irish Soda Bread that my husband made for our St. Patrick’s Day celebration.  I thought, surely I posted the recipe last year, but apparently I didn’t.  The fact that I had yet to post this is surprising because it is such a big part of our St. Patrick’s Day tradition. 

    Sorry for being such a tease – I posted pictures of something yummy and didn’t give you the recipe?  How rude of me.  So here’s the recipe you’ve been waiting for…………and believe me, it’s the best soda bread I’ve ever had and I’m not just saying that because it’s my hubby’s family recipe! 

    Brett’s Irish Soda Bread
    (1 loaf)
    Ingredients:
    2 cups flour
    3 tablespoons sugar
    2 teaspoons baking powder
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    3 tablespoons butter, softened
    1 cup buttermilk
    1 handful currents or raisins 
    1 tablespoon of melted butter (for brushing)
    Directions:
    Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
    Blend dry ingredients.  Cut in butter.  Add buttermilk.  Add currents or raisins.  Turn out on floured board and kneed for 1 minute.  Make dough into ball.  Press a floured knife into a cross shape on top of dough (don’t cut the dough, just make an indention). 
    Bake for 40 minutes.  Brush with melted butter when you remove the bread from the oven.
    Serve bread with butter, preserves, or plain.