making bread is not so hard after all!

Pull up a chair, pour yourself some coffee, and join me for a piece of Pumpkin Swirl Bread.

I made this recipe from Taste of Home yesterday.

And you know how sometimes you don't do something because it's much bigger in your head than what the reality actually is? I hate it when I do that.
Like when my shoes are all caddywompous in my closet and I just won't organize them because it seems like it will take an hour, but it really only takes 6 minutes? Or that pile of recipes that you desperately want to organize in a 3 ring binder with tabs to separate main dishes, desserts, appetizers, breads, breakfast casseroles, etc.? I have to do that job soon.

Well that's me with making homemade bread.

Until yesterday, that is. 

Perhaps the only down-side is the waiting.

And waiting...

and waiting a little more for the dough to rise.

And since I didn't have any raisins on hand, I used toasted pecans like some of the other people that made the recipe and left a review did.

Lots of people mentioned giving a loaf as a gift, and I think I might just do that for Christmas. Only I probably will make mini loaves.

So what do you think? Is it something you will try? 

Do you make homemade bread? If you do, I'd love to try a recipe that you absolutely love. 

Thanks and have a blessed Saturday.