Pumpkin Bread & My New Dowel

Since it's officially fall, I wanted to make a 'fall food'.  I've never made pumpkin bread before.  Actually, I've never even tried pumpkin bread before.  I like pumpkin pie, but I think that's probably the only food I've ever eaten with pumpkin in it.  So I manned up to the challenge and whipped up a batch.  


Obviously, pumpkin bread is a quick bread.  I found a recipe from Cooking Light for Spicy Pumpkin Bread.  It was a success (kind of).  

While there were no disasters, it was just kind of boring.  I was proud of myself because I included a vanilla glaze on top that was not included in the recipe.  Personally, I think the vanilla glaze was the best part.  The recipe made 2 loaves, but I only made one and froze the rest of the batter.  Today I plan to make the second loaf, but I'm going to add cranberries to make it a little sweeter, and I want to try to make a vanilla icing on top instead of just a glaze.  


I have been trying to avoid making too many cookies, since it is not really outside my comfort zone.  But I just got a new rolling pin, or dowel if you want to be fancy about it, so I had to try it out.  Here is the result:  

So cute, I know...  :)  
Stay tuned for my revised Spicy Cranberry Pumpkin Bread!