TWD -- Fresh Mango Bread

This week for Tuesdays with Dorie our Hostess, Kelly of Baking with the Boys, picked Fresh Mango Bread. Although I am not a fan of mango, my husband loves them! So I was happy to make the Fresh Mango Bread.

The recipe called for 1 mango and to add an extra level of flavor to the bread I sliced up the mango and sauteed it in butter just until it turned a golden brown. The mango should have yielded 2 cups after dicing. But even though I bought a good sized mango after dicing I barely had a cup of fruit. Unfortunately, this week is not a big fruit week at my house and all I had in stock were 3 purple plums. So I diced up the fresh plums as a substitute for the missing 1 cup of mango. In place of the raisins I used diced prunes.






At about 3 pm the temperature started dropping but it was the same time I popped the Mango Bread in the oven so the cold front was perfect timing. The bread smelled wonderful while baking. But after tasting I do wish I had added a bit more cinnamon and little less ginger.

If you'd like the recipe for Dorie's Fresh Mango Bread you can either buy, "Baking from my Home to Yours" by Dorie Greenspan or visit our hostess Kelly of Baking with the Boys and she will have the recipe posted on her site.






I'm starting a new feature on my blog, Gadgets that Work. We've all bought nifty gadgets only to find out that they really did not perform as expected. So I thought I would start highlighting some of my wonderful Gadgets that Work!

My husband does not buy me many things for my kitchen, but he does buy me knives and I love it! I never really think about knives and just muddle through with what I have. Last Christmas he bought me a Pink 5 1/2" Kyocera Ceramic Santoku Knife. It is the most fabulous knife I have ever used.





Usually I just use my Ceramic Knife for vegetables but today I cut the Mango Bread with it and LOOK at how perfect those slices are! Even though the bread was freshly baked, the Kyocera Ceramic Knife did not even damage the crust. I was amazed!

If you're considering a new knife, this is one knife that I highly recommend. It is definitely worth saving your pennies for!




The above video is short and sweet but with some good information on the Ceramic Knife. If you have a minute it is worth the view.


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