“Did you make this with a mold?” she asked in awe on Christmas morning. I kind of chuckled because I knew how simple it had been to make. Well sort of.
I have this tendency to make a lot of things all on the same day. Instead of doing a couple each day, I find myself in the kitchen making a plethora of items all at once. Sometimes, that leads to problems. Lets take this bread into consideration. I started with a wheat dough and was excited about creating a filling from cream cheese and mandarin orange marmalade. The filling seemed too runny so I added nuts, coated with flour. And an egg. Yeah, not sure what I was thinking except that it could be sort of “cheesecakey” on the inside. But, low and behold, when I tried to roll the bread up, it was mammoth and there was no way that I was going to get it into a circle and even less of a chance of making cuts all the way around. So I left it as a loaf and began again.
The second time around I used all white flour, just to be on the safe side. I decided to use the rest of the chocolate manjar blanco I had made. I rolled out the dough, spread the manjar blanco over it, rolled it and cut it. As you can see, I probably should have made deeper cuts and maybe not allowed it to rise so much. Again, I am always distracted on these baking marathon days.
Nevertheless, I am so glad I was able to bake along with the Bread Baking Babes for now I know the secret of the gorgeous Yule Wreath. I hope to make more. You know, for practice.
Happy New Year!
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Yule Wreath is being served up as the Bread Baking Buddies challenge of the month. This months challenge was hosted by Lynn of Cookie Baker Lynn, December’s kitchen of the month.
Your wreath looks wonderful, Gretchen! I love the cheesecakey concept, but it seems like that would have splurged all over after it was cut. The chocolate manjar blanco filling looks just perfect. Good job, Baking Buddy!
Again you did great ! I love the picture.
Hope you will bake with us again in the new year !
Have a great 2009 !
Again you did great ! I love the picture.
Hope you will bake with us again in the new year !
Have a great 2009 !
Again you did great ! I love the picture.
Hope you will bake with us again in the new year !
Have a great 2009 !
Again you did great ! I love the picture.
Hope you will bake with us again in the new year !
Have a great 2009 !
I love this. It’s so pretty!! Happy New Year!
That looks beautiful! I love your baking marathon day idea! I bet this tasted good with that cream cheese and nut combo!
Now that is the most perfect wreath I’ve seen! I’ll bet both the loaf and the wreath fillings turned out wonderful.
Gretchen, it has been a pleasure having you as our buddy all year and I can’t wait to bake with you next year.
happy new year to you too gretchen!
I like the pattern on that wreath!
Happy new year!
Wheee, how perfect Gretchen! Great experience! It only looks hard but you only know how easy it is when you do it;)
Happy New Year to you!!
Your wreath looks beautiful, Gretchen! Well done!
Happy New Year to you. I hope it’s a great one!
Ciao !I’ve baked a lot too but your results are just great !! Happy new year ! Baci
Lynn – Thanks! The manjar blanco did make a nice filling in the end.
Monique – Thanks! I am looking forward to it!
MyBricole – Thanks!
Shari – Thank you! My marathon days wear me out, but I feel like I accomplish a lot.
Mary – Ha! Thanks! I have enjoyed baking along.
Aran – Thanks!
Kevin – Thanks, me too!
Tanna – It does look so fancy, but in the end was really easy! Yeah!
Susan – Thanks!
Natalia – Thank you!
It looks gorgeous Gretchen!
Thank you so much!
That is some gorgeous bread! I hope you have a wonderful New Year!!
Looks nice.. I’m not much of a multitasker in the kitchen but when it works out, it feels great doesn’t it?
Hola gretchen!!! Lo primero desearte que hayas pasado una feliz navidad y un próspero Año nuevo!!! tras un paréntesis, vuelvo a la carga… He visto todo lo que me he perdido durante estos días y no he dejado de relamerme… he disfrutado en La Canasta, comido cheesecakes, robado un trocito de tu yule log…
ana
That bread looks great!
Thanks for visiting my blog and commenting. Why don’t you consider posting something for the Peru event. I’d be happy to feature you.
I will see what I can do! It would be fun to feature Peru for you!
Its looking excellent, so yummy and delicious.
Thanks for posting
Kelly
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May peace and plenty bless your world
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May all life’s passing seasons bring
the best to you and yours!
Yum! The wreath looks great… I wonder what the original wheat one looked like.
This is so lovely! Really impressive. I bet it’s just delicious.
Happy New Year Gretchen! This bread looks delightful.
Very, very nice and I’ll bet it tastes as good as it looks. You’ve done a great job!