Hello there again MFP friends! Kathy back from Penney Lane with another easy recipe for you.

Happy Fall! Hands down the most popular recipe on my blog is a Lemon Blueberry quick bread. It’s moist and delicious and perfect warm for breakfast or with an afternoon hot chocolate or tea. Those flavors are more summery so I decided to create another delicious quick bread but with Fall flavors.

What says fall better than spiced baking? The smell and flavors of cinnamon, nutmeg, and pumpkin spice are beautifully Autumn. This week I made Raisin, Nut and Spice Quick Bread.

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Raisin, Nut and Spiced Quick Bread

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup old-fashioned oats
• 1/3 cup whole milk
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin spice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup unsalted melted butter

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Spray a 9 inch loaf pan with nonstick baking spray.
• Pour the milk over the oats in a small bowl and set aside. Let soak for 10 minutes.
• While the oats are soaking, mix 1 1/2 cups flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin spice and salt in a mixing bowl.
• Stir in the raisins and walnuts in the dry ingredients.
• In a separate bowl whisk the sugar, eggs, melted butter and vanilla together and then add oat mixture.
• Stir to blend.
• Pour sugar mixture into flour mixture and mix until all ingredients are combined into a moist batter.
• Pour batter into loaf pan and spread evenly.
• Bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

I adapted this recipe from a Crock Pot cookbook. While it’s cool to bake in a crock pot, you can’t beat 30-40 minutes in the oven. Your whole house smells like fall while this is cooking. The bread is to die for coming out of the oven and if you add just a bit of butter it sends it over the top. This bread is so easy and would be great to divide into small loaf pans for food gift giving season, or maybe for breakfast on Thanksgiving or Christmas morning.

If you enjoyed this recipe, then you’ll love these:

Homemade Scones with Raisins and Nuts

Zucchini Muffins

Skillet Cornbread Recipe

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I was home minding my own business cooking when a knock came to the door. I was in the throes of making this delicious Cocoa-Nut Almond Butter and tried to pretend I wasn’t home–but with the loud food processor spinning, it was sort of hard to pretend I wasn’t. Whoever was at my door was being insistent and persistent. knock-Knock-KNOCK!

Grrrr. Okay, okay, I’m coming. I figured the way they were knocking it was an emergency! I dried off my hands and charged down the stairs to open the door to a solicitor. I really hate solicitors. Is anybody with me? They seem to come at the wrong time (is there ever a good time for solicitors?). I explained that I was in the middle of cooking and couldn’t talk. He looked at me like “ya, right, I hear that all the time.” “No, really, I’m cooking.”

Why is it when you tell them you can’t talk or you don’t want what they are selling that they keep on trying to sell you? I get it that they have a quota, but I sort-of watch too many murder shows that I begin wondering if they are the next ax murderer incognito trying to edge their way into my home. Know what I’m saying?

I did get him to go away and I narrowly escaped being the next Ted Bundy victim and so I celebrated my narrow survival with this Cocoa-Nut Almond Butter, which is also a healthier twist to satisfy my chocolate craving!

This spread is amazing on fruit. Spread it on bananas, apple slices, pretzels, and even graham crackers.

Thank you Debbie, Sharri, and Tracy for the opportunity to share some chocolate/coconut love with your readers today.

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Cocoa-Nut Almond Butter

Course Appetizer

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Total Time 10 minutes minutes

Servings 14 tablespoons

Calories 180kcal

Author Bakerette.com

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups roasted unsalted almonds
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened coconut flakes
• 3 tablespoons coconut sugar or granulated sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt

Instructions

• In the order listed, add ingredients to a food processor and process until smooth and creamy.

Nutrition

Serving: 2g | Calories: 180kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 20mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 7g

Recipe adapted from Blendtec

If you love this snack, you might also like these other snacks at Bakerette.com. Just click on the pics for the recipes:

We are sharing this yummy recipe with:Lamberts Lately, Living Well Spending Less, Tatertots And Jello, Flamingo Toes, Mandy’s Recipe Box , Inside BruCrew Life, Hun What’s For Dinner, The Recipe Critic, A Bowl Full Of Lemons

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