Whole Wheat Bread with Agave Nectar

Found this recipe and thought id try it out since my awesome friend Danyle gave me some Agave Nectar for a Honey substitute.

BREAD MACHINE! Portuguese Sweet Bread

I've recently acquired a bread machine and i'm totally digging it. I refuse to buy bread from the store when I can make my own!!!

So far i've made some wheat bread, and the Clone of Cinnabon which is all sorts of uh-mazing and I seriously suggest trying !

Im not a baker but damn I rocked those cinnamon rolls!

Next weeks new recipe :

Portuguese Sweet Bread

(I will be making these into rolls, so i'm skipping the bread machine baking portion, and going to use the sweet dough process and make them in the oven)

• 1 cup milk
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1/3 cup white sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups bread flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast

Directions

1. Add ingredients in order suggested by your manufacturer.
2. Select "sweet bread" setting.

Pumpkin Zucchini Bread

Pumpkin Zucchini Bread
adapted from allrecipes.com

INGREDIENTS:

3 eggs, lightly beaten 2 cups sugar 1 cup canned pumpkin 1 cup butter or margarine, melted (I used 1/2 cup oil & 1/2 cup butter) 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 3 cups all-purpose flour (I used 1 cup wheat) 1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves 1 cup shredded zucchini 1 cup chopped walnuts

DIRECTIONS:

1.

In a mixing bowl, combine eggs and sugar. Add pumpkin, butter and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients; gradually add to pumpkin mixture and mix well. Stir in zucchini and nuts. Pour into two greased and floured 9-in. x 5-in. x 3-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350 degrees F for 45-50 minutes or until breads test done. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove to a wire rack.