Today is World Bread Day. The day for bread bakers around the world to showcase their breads and celebrate the staff of life.
Zorra of kochtopf started the event for bloggers in 2006 and each year, hundreds of bloggers from all around the world bake bread for this special day. This year, Zorra has a special wish to see a huge basket filled with at least 365 breads from all over the world.
I’m doing my part by submitting this Braided Pumpkin Brioche for the 8th World Bread Day. What are you baking?
I saw the formula for this Pumpkin Brioche on the San Francisco Baking Institute’s site and knew I had to try it. I’ve been thinking about it for several weeks and waiting for the perfect opportunity to make it.
The main reason I wanted to make this bread is because it’s a great bread for Autumn. I’ve always loved making pumpkin bread. For me, pumpkin bread is the ultimate comfort food for Fall and when you combine that with a buttery smooth brioche, you get an awesome treat.
The other reason I was interested in this particular bread is that the formula is in pounds instead of grams or ounces. This was an opportunity to try something different since I hadn’t yet worked with a formula that presented all of the weights in pounds.
I didn’t think this would be a big issue since my scales have settings for grams, ounces and pounds, but I’ve gotten so used to working in grams and ounces that I kept forgetting to change the setting on my scales. I ended up adding a good bit more flour so I think I need more practice.
Oh Cathy, what a delicious combination! I love brioche, I love pumpkin… I love it all!
I made a 4 strain bread not that long ago and I had great fun teaching to my children to form a 4 strain-loaf. The final shape is gorgeous.
Many thanks for sharing it with “Bake Your Own Bread-Il Cestino del Pane” <3
PS: It worked! It worked! I could leave a comment! yuppi!
Thanks Carola, I switched it back to the regular comments form. Of course, now it lost the Google+ comments. oh well!
Oh noooooo! I am so sorry, Cathy. Hope they’ll come back.
Oh good, Cathy! I’m glad you’ve changed the comment form back to the regular one.
I’m still reeling that the recipe isn’t in ounces for those tiny fractions of pounds. It seems that it is simply encouraging the people who think that measuring by weight instead of volume is too hard. How very strange that the weight measurements aren’t in grams.
Pumpkin seeds as garnish really do dress up a bread, don’t they?
Wonderful loaf and buns! Regarding the weights, I have to admit I work only with grams and kilograms. I don’t like other measurements. 😉 Thank you for participating also in this year’s World Bread Day 2013!