{Day 70/365} Homemade currant loaf

Yesterday evening I started making the dough for this homemade bread with currants. I love this bread, but I can't have the currant loafs which are sold in stores because they contain milk/lactose. Now I've made my own currant loaf with lactose free milk and vegetable butter and it turned out amazing! Me and the mr. had it for breakfast this morning. Just put a little bit of (vegetable) butter on top and/or cover it with slice of (old) cheese. The saltiness of the cheese combines perfectly with the sweet taste of the currants and the cinnamon. Just delicious. The recipe comes from Allrecipes Nederland. 

For one (huge) loaf you will need:

- 375 gr (dried) currants

- 50 gr yeast

- 300 mL warm milk

- 150 gr sugar

- 1 kg flour

- 2 eggs

- 200 gr (vegetable) butter (room temperature) 

- 1 teaspoon cinnamon

- 1 teaspoon salt

1. Add warm water to the currants and set aside.

2. Put yeast in a bowl and add the warm milk and sugar. Slowly add the flour and let the dough rise for about 20 minutes. 

3. Drain currants and dry with a towel.

4. Add the 2 eggs, salt, cinnamon and butter to the dough, and knead until it is a nice, supple dough. Add the currants after that and knead again.

5. Put the dough in a greased, round baking tray and let it rise for about 60-90 minutes (I let it rise during the night, which was OK too).

6. Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celcius. Cut an X in the dough with a very sharp knife before putting the bread in the oven for 60 minutes. The bread it finished when it's golden brown on top.

7. Let it cool for a while before cutting the bread. 

{Day 6/365} Banana-avocado bread

Last week I was stuck with two very ripe bananas and avocados and I found a delicious recipe for banana-avocado bread on a food blog called A Little Yum, via May Richer Fuller Be. I adjusted the recipe just a little bit, and I'd cut out the majority of the sugar next time. 

For approximately 15 slices you will need:

- 150 gr sugar

- 60 gr softened vegetable butter

- Half an avocado (I used the entire avocado)

- 240 gr flour

- 2 eggs

- 1 teaspoon baking soda

- 1/4 teaspoon salt

- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

- 3 very ripe bananas (I used two)

- 3 tablespoons milk

1. Cream together sugar, butter and avocado.

2. Stir in the eggs and vanilla extract and mix well.

3. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking soda and salt until well mixed.

4. Fold together the butter and flour mixture until well incorporated.

5. Mash the bananas. Mix in the mashed bananas and milk.

6. Bake at about 175 degrees Celcius for one hour or until the top springs back when you press it.