{"id":239,"date":"2013-06-18T20:13:30","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T00:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michellematlack.com\/blog\/?p=239"},"modified":"2014-06-13T15:24:17","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T19:24:17","slug":"blogworthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michellematlack.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/18\/blogworthy\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogworthy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

So the current joke at our house is whether or not something is “Blogworthy” (for those of you of a certain age, you might recall Elaine of the TV show “Seinfeld” using the term “Spongeworthy”). It started out innocently enough, when I announced on a Friday that I intended to cook something “Blogworthy” over the weekend. So when my husband ate his yogurt, he asked if it was “Blogworthy.” When he poured a glass of ginger ale, he asked if it was “Blogworthy.” And so on. That didn’t last long, FORTUNATELY, but now it’s our little joke about whether a dish or a meal is merely ordinary or something extraordinary and worth sharing with others (he is very supportive of my blogging and he’s even getting a little more patient about the picture taking).<\/p>\n

So at our little beach cottage, my husband has planted a few old-fashioned fruit-bearing bushes that begin to bear fruit right about NOW. We have Gooseberries, Currants (both red and black), and a Service Berry (my Mom calls it Sarvis Berry<\/a> — both are correct). These are nice to eat out of hand but what he REALLY loves is a not-too-sweet bread chock-full of the fruits of his labor. So he tasked me to make him some Blogworthy Bread with our current crop of Service Berries.<\/p>\n

This recipe is the same basic recipe I’ve posted recently, but I took more of a dump approach with the ingredients — it’s a VERY forgiving recipe. My husband ate at least half of this bread over the course of two days. Me and a couple of friends had some with some leftover home-made strawberry rhubarb ice cream. We all pronounced this bread BLOGWORTHY.<\/p>\n

Service Berry Breakfast Bread<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"SAMSUNG\"<\/a>2 cups Service Berries (aka Sarvis Berries)
\n2 1\/2 cups flour
\n2 1\/2 teaspoons baking powder
\n1\/2 teaspoon salt
\n1\/2 cup butter, melted and cooled slightly
\n1 cup sugar
\n2 eggs
\nJuice and zest of 1 lemon
\n1 cup buttermilk<\/p>\n

Preheat oven to 375F. Prepare an 11 x 7 x 2 inches baking pan by spraying liberally with baking spray.<\/p>\n

Rinse your berries and pick over for stems, leaves, and small bugs. Drain well. Sprinkle about a tablespoon of the flour over the berries and gently shake them around to coat lightly.<\/p>\n

In a small bowl, whisk together the remaining flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.<\/p>\n

In a large bowl, mix the butter, sugar, eggs, lemon juice, lemon zest, and buttermilk until well combined. Dump in the dry ingredients and mix by hand until incorporated. I started with the whisk and ended with a rubber spatula.<\/p>\n

Gently fold in the berries. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.<\/p>\n

\"SAMSUNG\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Bake the loaf at 375F for 15 minutes. Rotate the pan and cook another 15 to 20 minutes until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean (or with only a few crumbs).<\/p>\n

Allow to cool to warm before cutting — this is a VERY moist bread and if you cut into it too soon, it will be gummy. Store tightly covered at room temperature, not that it’s going to last very long!<\/p>\n

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*****<\/p>\n

You could substitute fresh blueberries for the service berries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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