Bake a Butternut Squash Bread!

Butternut Squash Breads
cooling

Butternut Squash Bread! YUM!! It is a delicious dessert bread that is a family favorite. After preparing the Butternut Squash for our freezer, 2 cups were placed in our fridge to bake 2 of these yummy breads the next day. Yes, 2 breads. Why 2 breads? Well, doubling the recipe and baking 2 and then freezing one Butternut Squash Bread helps when planning ahead for Thanksgiving Day. That holiday is in our future! Every year without fail we enjoy this treat during that holiday in November. 

The recipe is very easy. The orange squash has already been mashed, so it is added to the liquid ingredients. Then the combined liquid ingredients are mixed into the dry ingredients when preparing this dessert. While baking there will be a great aroma floating out of your kitchen, too! It is a very tasty dessert bread! 

Click here for my recipe for Butternut Squash Bread!    

It is a quick and an easy dessert to bake and to enjoy! Will you be baking one or two in the next 2 months?

Enjoy!
Yummy!

 

Freezing Butternut Squash

A Bushel of Butternut Squash
 packed in a carton

The season of purchasing a bushel of local Butternut Squash is here! That delicious orange colored vegetable has always been a favorite with my family. So many years ago when we rented an apartment- we had a large garden. Yes, Butternut Squash was one of the vegetables that we grew and harvested. After harvesting it, the squash was prepared for our freezer and enjoyed during the remainder of the year. No longer do we keep the tradition of having a garden, but we purchase a bushel of "buy local" Butternut Squash every year. That occurs in late September/ early October. A bushel (now packed in a cardboard carton) was purchased 3 weeks ago and some of the Butternut Squash have been prepared for our freezer. As the week moves on a few more will be prepared.

The process is easy. The Butternut Squash is washed and the outside skin removed. After cutting into chunks the chunks are placed in a large pot. Water is added to the pot and then the process continues by steaming the orange chunks. After it has cooked and drained, mash the cooked veggie and pack it for your freezer.

Mashed Butternut Squash
ready to pack for our freezer
(File Photo)

For my complete instructions click on the link below:

Instructions for Freezing Butternut Squash

During the year this veggie is not only found as a side dish on our dinner table, but I substitute it for pumpkin in recipes. I see baking a Butternut Squash Bread in my future this week! Will you be baking this bread, too? Do you freeze Butternut Squash? 

Enjoy!
Yummy!