It’s pumpkin season, y’all! This super moist, fluffy pumpkin-banana bread is full of sweet, cake-like goodness and baked easily from scratch. Drizzle with a 2-ingredient vanilla glaze for an elegant finish. Perfect for gifting or enjoying for breakfast, brunch or dessert!
It’s two o’clock in the afternoon on an autumn afternoon. I live in New England now, I’m realizing after four months.
I’ve been writing to you from the warmth of my squishy bed, nestled inside my favorite blanket, clutching a cup of gingerbread tea to warm my hands. The leaves are blazing with shades of fiery red and yellow, twisting softly down to Earth and dampening in the soft grass. My sweet new puppy is laying at my feet, tired from this morning’s play. The sound of rain tapping gently on my windows has inspired a sense of ethereal calm, and it’s got me thinking we should stay in for dinner. Warm up the house with a tender roast and potatoes, hot cocoa for dessert, then dishes and playing on the floor with the puppy. The usual good stuff. Then it’s bath time for my little girl, pajamas for all, reading books, and gloriously, back into my warm bed. This calm yet wild, delicious life is what I live for. As reluctant as I am to get out of bed most days, my people (and animals) make it well worth it.
The next morning, the aroma of freshly baked pumpkin-banana bread is the first sight and smell to welcome me downstairs. I snag a slice from the cake stand. Chasing each super-moist morsel with a swig of hot vanilla coffee – a true necessity with a new puppy – I am warmed to the core and my hair is a tangled mess, but I am ready for the crazy.
I’ve been waking earlier than usual, which has allowed me moments like this. Moments to tend to myself first, and then everyone else and what they need. Even 15 minutes extra has been tremendously therapeutic, for doing a little makeup, sipping coffee while the house is still asleep, answering emails and snuggling the pup (let’s be real, I can choose one of those me-time activities per morning!). For those minutes, I am thankful. I’m also thankful for treats like this pumpkin-banana bread to wake up to.
Um, hello beautiful!
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